If I Was the Intelligent Designer (PART ONE)

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If I Was the Intelligent Designer (PART ONE)

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Apr 25, 2023

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The Intelligent Design crowd keeps insisting that all things have been divinely fine-tuned just for us. In this show, we suggest some better ideas.

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Apr 25, 2023

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If I Was the Intelligent Designer (PART ONE)

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