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In the Beginning

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It seems hard to believe, but just 200 years ago every respectable scientist believed that spoiled meat, all by itself, could generate maggots.  The idea that non-living substances automatically morph into living creatures is known as “spontaneous generation.”  Dust generates fleas. Dead cows produce wasps. Ocean sand yields barnacles. And a… Read more »