Faith Versus Fact: In Search of Jerry Coyne's Thesis

I just bought Jerry Coyne's new book Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible. I've read a bit of it, and skimmed beyond that, and I think that some useful purpose could be served by commenting on it as I go (though there's always the possibility of changing my perspective as Coyne develops his arguments).

The first things that strike me are:

Coyne writes well. He's easy to read. Why Evolution Is True was comfortable prose as well.

His arguments are atheist boilerplate....