Just as many churches don't want to be seen as rejecting science, neither do they wish to lag too far behind public morality, and so they often tweak their religious "truths” to reflect the zeitgeist. (Jerry Coyne)

Just as many churches don't want to be seen as rejecting science, neither do they wish to lag too far behind public morality, and so they often tweak their religious "truths” to reflect the zeitgeist.

Jerry Coyne

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