No educated person believes the Adam and Eve myth nowadays, but it's s…

Richard Dawkins
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No educated person believes the Adam and Eve myth nowadays, but it's surprising how many parents think that it's somehow fun to pass on this falsehood to their children...I would want to argue that the truth of evolution is more interesting and more poetic
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