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• Tolerance vs. liberty | Only those who surrender their religious convictions are now considered good citizens (Ed Iverson, Lahontan Valley News, Fallon, Nev.)
• Religious leaders should reconcile, not divide | From the crusades to terrorist attacks, from Ireland to the Middle East, religious conflicts have been a part of human history. But analysts say most holy scriptures teach love and understanding among nations (Voice of America)

Bible and truth:

• Unholy strictures | It is wrong - and dangerous - to believe literal truth can be found in religious texts (Karen Armstrong, The Guardian, London)
• Keeping faith with community | Today's socially conservative Christians interpret the New Testament to affirm their own self absorption (Deborah Locke, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.)

Evolution & Intelligent Design:

• Depositions refer to creationism | Dover officials testified that religious research was involved, court filings show (York Daily Record, Pa.)
• Careful what you wish for | Why schools should teach evolution, intelligent design, and creationism. And why some religious conservatives may regret it (Steven Waldman, Beliefnet)
• Evolution vs. religion | Quit pretending they're compatible (Jacob Weisberg, Slate)
• The faith that dare not speak its name | It's time to recognize intelligent design for what it really is: a clever euphemism for biblical creationism (Jerry Coyne, The New Republic)
• 'Intelligent design' smacks of creationism by another name | It isn't science. It can't be tested with rigorous experimentation. It is at best a philosophical concept, or a matter of faith (Editorial, USA Today)
• Evolution lacks fossil link | Teaching evolution is really about the determined drive by activists to eliminate any reference to an intelligent power in the universe (D. Chris Buttars, USA Today)
• Saints vs. science | Latter-day inquisitions and how to end them (Bill Cope, Boise Weekly, Id.)
• Weird science on the religious right | Seven of the greatest hits (or misses) of conservative Christian 'science' show just how little fact goes into these beliefs, and how much damage they can cause (Stan Cox, AlterNet)
• Inferior design | In late September, a contemporary Scopes trial gets under way in Pennsylvania. For the right, it's been 39 years in the making (Chris Mooney, The American Prospect)
• Toward theological evolution | Yet in the Intelligent Design controversy, with its profound moral and spiritual implications, the Jewish community has remained curiously abstracted and irrelevant (David Klinghoffer, Forward, Jewish newspaper)
• Intelligent design' revisited | Bush is correct that it would be useful if more people understood the substance of the debate over "intelligent design." (Phil Dodson, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.)
• Don't insult our intelligence | The Bible has many things to teach us about life but it is no substitute for science, Mr. Bush (Tim Radford, The Guardian, London)

Evolution in Australia:

• Nelson brings intelligent design debate to Australia | Education Minister Brendan Nelson supports the teaching of a controversial new theory of creationism, but only if it is balanced by the instruction of established science (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Intelligent design' an option: Nelson | The Education Minister throws open debate on a thorny theory in schools. (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)

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