{"id":22481,"date":"2017-04-04T04:05:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T08:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=22481"},"modified":"2017-04-04T10:10:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T14:10:16","slug":"junk-science-biblical-creation-group-included-on-list-of-disreputable-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/junk-science-biblical-creation-group-included-on-list-of-disreputable-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Junk Science\u2019? 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