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\"TheI am a good historian when I get home, plop down in front of the TV, switch it on, see an image of a giant creature smashing Tokyo, and do <\/i>not infer, “Oh! I must be watching CNN!” Is it because I know darn well that monsters do not and cannot exist? I know no such thing! Cryptozoology tell us we may yet discover lingering dinosaurs hidden away here and there (though none is likely to be this big). All I <\/i>know is that I have seen the like of this big boy in a number of Toho Studios flicks over the years, and that this is <\/i>probably Gojira or Baragon, and that I am <\/i>probably watching the Sci-Fi channel, not CNN.<\/i><\/p>\n

—Robert M. Price
\nThe Christian Delusion<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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