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Steve Martin has thoughts on being an evolutionary creationist in a confessionally Reformed church<\/a>. Mark Vernon<\/a> has a provocative post on the \u201cpolitics of evolution.\u201d John Pieret shares some thoughts by Michael Ruse<\/a> about philosophers and Darwin.<\/p>\n

I also want to mention that I saw a call for papers about classics and sci-fi<\/a>, and the same blog (Antiquated Vagaries) explains how that popular Old Spice commercial was made<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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John Lynch shared this image originally from Surviving the World: Steve Martin has thoughts on being an evolutionary creationist in a confessionally Reformed church. Mark Vernon has a provocative post on the \u201cpolitics of evolution.\u201d John Pieret shares some thoughts by Michael Ruse about philosophers and Darwin. 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