Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.

Have they discovered evolution yet?

Do humans have a different moral significance than cows in general?

I'm easily persuaded that a really good novelist who gets inside somebody else's head could be serving a valuable purpose. I enjoy satirical novels that take a wry, humorous, ironic look at modern life.

If people think God is interesting, the onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. Otherwise they should just shut up about it.

Are science and religion converging? No. There are modern scientists whose words sound religious but whose beliefs, on close examination, turn out to be identical to those of other scientists who straightforwardly call themselves atheists.

Evolution has been observed. It's just that it hasn't been observed while it's happening.