... place by God. However, a creationist viewpoint often disregards what can be inferred from science, and staunchly holds to a literal translation of the creation story in genesis. Herein lies a conflict, but who here is being rational? Hundreds of years ago, Galileo was punished for his theory that the earth is not at ... the case today in the conflict between a literal seven-day creation and what makes sense scientifically? It should be noted among strict literal interpretations of the Bible that Divine Revelation, though it will always be true, does not have a monopoly on truth (Glynn 33)...

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