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Despite tantalizing suggestions of fossilized microbes in meteorites, puzzling and possibly biogenic methane gas in the martian atmosphere, and a long-standing controversy… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
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We must come to the Bible with the purpose of self-exposure consciously in mind. I suspect not many people make more than… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
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