In announcing the award, Templeton officials said "Ayala's clear voice in matters of science and faith echoes the foundation's belief that evolution of the mind and truly open-minded inquiry can lead to real spiritual progress in the world."
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Now then, because San Francisco is San Francisco, she devised a new campaign that has Islamic authorities, some of the highest Islamic authorities intheworld, thespiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sheik Qaradawi, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, talking about how homosexuality gets you the death penalty in Islam.
Pat bred donkeys and had studied and written about their symbolic significance, their place inthe ancient world, and their profoundly spiritual natures.