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Open Parachute<\/a> and Panda\u2019s Thumb<\/a> both report on the expansion of the Clergy Letter Project to include Muslim clergy voices in support of evolution.<\/p>\n

Jerry Coyne discusses the laryngeal nerve as evidence for evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Biologos continues the series on Mesopotamian sacred geography and the Bible. This installment focuses on the \u201cfirmament.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>And slightly further removed, IO9 has a post on G\u00f6del\u2019s ontological argument for the existence of God. Here it is<\/a>, in case you are wondering (click through<\/a> for explanation in more prosaic form).<\/p>\n

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