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Did you know that all the fossil remains used to described the accent of man will fit into the back of a pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>I just need more before I believe, I need personal experience, I want to see it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Here is another thought from a different dimension. I am a spiritual person in contact with the spiritual dimension of life. I am told by the spiritual world that we created this earth and universe, then came to live on it for a physical experience, it was supposed to be fun, but we forgot who we were, got lost in the intensity, and well, one thing led to another.<\/p>\n<p style='text-align:left'>&copy; 2007 &#8211; 2019, <a href='https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog'>Lekatt<\/a>. All rights reserved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of concern about our beginnings these days. The debate between creation and evolution is heating up. I don&#8217;t really know how this world began, or how we humans began. 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