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The evidence for evolution is so compelling that the only way to save the creation theory is to assume that God deliberately planted enormous quantities of evidence to make it look as if evolution had happened.
Richard Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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