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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 154<br />
| date = September 8, 2006<br />
| title = Beliefs<br />
| image = beliefs.jpg<br />
| titletext = Scientists are also sexy, let's not forget that.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic is a reference to {{w|Young Earth creationism}}, the belief that the earth has only existed for about 6,000 years, a belief that some people hold based on a {{w|Biblical literalism|literal reading of the Bible}}. The professor is originally not bothered by the fact that someone believes this... until she hears that this person is a {{w|United States Senate|US senator}}.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Megan and a professor stand together, with another figure in the distance]<br />
:Megan: Professor, that man claims the earth is 6,000 years old!<br />
:Professor: So? Just use your head and don't concern yourself overmuch with what other people think.<br />
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:Megan: But he says the fossils in the mountains were put there in a flood!<br />
:Professor: Well, evidence suggests that they were not.<br />
:Megan: But he--<br />
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:[A mountain landscape.]<br />
:Professor: A million people can call the mountains a fiction, yet it need not trouble you as you stand atop them.<br />
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:[Megan and professor again]<br />
:Megan: But he believes the silliest things!<br />
:Professor: So?<br />
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:Professor: The universe doesn't care what you <u>believe</u>. The wonderful thing about science is that it doesn't ask for your faith, it just asks for your eyes.<br />
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:Megan: But he's a US Senator!<br />
:Professor: Ah, then yes, we do have a bit of a situation.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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