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title: 'Is the Development Hypothesis Sufficient?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1876-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Creation and Evolution'
- 'Natural Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Romans 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1876-is-the-development-hypothesis-sufficient
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# Is the Development Hypothesis Sufficient?

1876 essays reviewing evidence for biological development and critiquing the evolution hypothesis. Authors examine fossils and geology and argue evolution can be reconciled with Christian faith.

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