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Francisco Ayala is dead, long live Francisco Ayala.

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This morning the Templeton Foundation announced the winner of the Templeton Prize: Francisco Ayala, a former priest and current biologist who testified against creation science in the '80s and now continues to demolish "intelligent design" â the madness that creation science became. In the…
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He harked back to a time when religion meant a kind of respect for truth, and was a credit to those who still understand religion and honest methods to be compatible.

Rest in peace, and if there is a heaven, may you be found there, Francisco.

Glen Davidson
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