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[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

any religious person could simply explain evolution away as the mechanism by which a god or gods created humanity

Many did, and this position is called Deism. In most versions, god(s) started the universe with initial conditions that would lead to the formation of intelligent life, and then withdrew.

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