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Relative to what\u2026everything else? \u00a0You deserve better explanations than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;World Culture&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Read More&#8221; button_link=&#8221;http:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/world-culture\/&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span>Many Christian churches and parents fail to equip Christian young people to defend their faith against an increasing tide of skepticism. \u00a0Most Pastors, Priests and church leaders appear satisfied with teaching \u201cwhat\u201d we should believe, not \u201cwhy\u201d we can believe it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;A Question of Age&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Read More&#8221; button_link=&#8221;http:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/a-question-of-age\/&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span>Radiometric Dating methods used in trying to justify billions of years of evolution are notoriously unreliable, inconsistent, and provide dramatically flawed results when the dates are actually known. 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