Evolution and Religion - Darwin’s God - Robin Marantz Henig - New York Times

Spent the weekend painting Cybil's new location with her mom. Have decided that the best way to approach religious nut cases is to simply not reply to their zealotry. Don't negotiate with terrorists, don't discuss science with creationists; both are lose-lose situations. Creationists dismiss little concepts like peer review, so I have no problem dismissing them.

Once you've dismissed the nut cases you're still left with otherwise perfectly sane people who believe in something else, which is not as easily dismissed, but begs the question, "Why?" That's where this article picks up, trying to come up with a rational (evolutionary) explanation for religious belief.