The only way in which religion incorporates new ideas into their worldview is this:
-> story from the bible accepted at face value
-> new evidence/ideas come along to dispute this
-> religious people fight tooth and nail to avoid the new ideas
-> overwhelming support for new ideas makes believing the original story embarrassing
-> religious people now claim old story was just an analogy, not based on actual fact
Noah, 7 day creation, tower of babel, etc. etc. etc.
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