Anoura fistulata tonguing Centropogon nigricans (via Botany Photo of the Day ) Read the comments on this post…

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Mary’s Monday Metazoan: someone has a thing for tongues
Anoura fistulata tonguing Centropogon nigricans (via Botany Photo of the Day ) Read the comments on this post…

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Mary’s Monday Metazoan: someone has a thing for tongues
There are now a few more details on the story of the dog given a communion wafer : the dog’s name is Trapper, the majority of the congregation was happy to see him get a cracker, it’s just one person who complained, and now dogs have been officially excommunicated from the church . And this is exactly why I despise the so-called “moderate” Christians
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Because even the moderate, liberal Christians think God is more important than a dog
A member of the studio audience has asked that I comment on the Copenhagen Declaration on Religion in Public Life , a product of the World Atheist Conference: God and Politics. Today: Proposition 10: We reject any special consideration for religion in politics and public life, and oppose charitable, tax-free status and state grants for the promotion of any religion as inimical to the interests of non-believers and those of other faiths
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The Copenhagen Declaration on Religion in Public Life – Part 10
Today it’s family day with a mob of Myerses hanging about and bickering opinonatedly at a picnic. You aren’t invited unless you can show evidence of a recent family relationship; showing evidence that all primates are related is nice, but won’t get you in the door.
Most of you don’t understand evolution.

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It’s more than genes, it’s networks and systems
Well, Auburn, actually. I’m visiting family this week and mainly holing up in my mother’s house to type
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Seattle!
Stay tuned for frolicsome hijinks and high hilarity. We have stirred up some kooks. Here are 3 in ascending order of lunacy.

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Shakin’ the nuts
Rebecca Watson on honesty as the atheist virtue: Read the comments on this post…
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QFT
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Carl Sagan and our human conceit