Posted on 06/11/2006 9:51:12 PM PDT by Marius3188
THE scientist who led the team that cracked the human genome is to publish a book explaining why he now believes in the existence of God and is convinced that miracles are real.
Francis Collins, the director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute, claims there is a rational basis for a creator and that scientific discoveries bring man “closer to God”.
His book, The Language of God, to be published in September, will reopen the age-old debate about the relationship between science and faith. “One of the great tragedies of our time is this impression that has been created that science and religion have to be at war,” said Collins, 56.
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all knowledge comes from God.. nothing is revealed without him doing so. As to him being the ultimate scientists, no it does not mean he's got questions to unknowns.. that's not the meaning of science. at the end of the journey through our limited view of the world arounds us, one cannot but admit that all of it is not a product of chance, but a masterpiece, and behind the masterpiece there is a painter
he is creating life forms, and sharing this knowledge with his life forms: Us
I see some DUmmie trolls are here today.
Yes, but His dice are spherical.
Uh, yes it does.
Simply because one man speaks out does not mean that all have spoken out.
Plenty of scientists are professing Christians. Nobody really cares.
The tone of your remark is WHY others do not speak out. Your bitterness and contempt is palpable.
I have enormous contempt for those who misrepresent the words of others. Case in point.
> When this brave scientist peered into the incredibly information rich human genome, the foundation of his atheist belief system was shaken and cracked.
REALLY.
Survey says:
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/col1int-6
"Another thing that's very important to me is my faith, and that surprises people. They assume that scientists in general would find it difficult to have coexisting within them a belief in a personal god. And yet to me that is the unifying principle of who I am. And it's not a faith which was sort of acquired as a child and which I've just not been able to grow out of, which is the other thing people tend to assume. I acquired that faith at age 27..."
OK, he was 27 when he "found God." Accordign to here:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/leadership/usnews/genome.html
He was born in 1950. That means he found God in 1977 or so.
According to Wikipedia: "Tapped to take on the leadership of the HGP, Collins accepted an invitation in 1993 to succeed James Watson and become director of the National Center for Human Genome Research, which became NHGRI in 1997. As director, he oversees the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium and many other aspects of what he has called "an adventure that beats going to the moon or splitting the atom."
In 1994, Collins founded NHGRI's Division of Intramural Research (DIR), an intramural program of genome research that has developed into one of the nation's premier research centers in human genetics."
So: which came first... 1977 or 1994?
Was he a stealth Christian in '94, only "coming out" recently?
That wheelchair guy?
> all knowledge comes from God.
Prove that claim. Show your work. And then stand by to win a Nobel prize.
I'll just wait patiently...
> no it does not mean he's got questions to unknowns.. that's not the meaning of science.
Uh, yeah, it pretty much is.
> one cannot but admit that all of it is not a product of chance
Errr... sure looks like a whole lotta chance going on to me.
I posted a link to a 1998 interview, where he talks about his conversion to Christianity. Clearly, our commissars have been sloppy. He should have been terminated immediately.
I see where you're going with this...
may I recommend a fine book called Godless, by Ann Coulter?
It would indeed:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/30/story_3048_1.html
Collins first became prominent when he led the team that discovered the gene for cystic fibrosis. As both an active Christian and a prominent biologist, he is perhaps today's leading exponent for the view that there is no conflict between evolutionary biology and the Bible. Collins winces on the word creationism, asserting that "Creationism has done more harm to serious notions of belief than anything in modern history." He maintains that the evidence for natural selection is overwhelming, but that this need not stop anyone from believing that a creator God set the process in motion.
The answer to that is too complex for a primate to understand..
> Godless, by Ann Coulter?
I heard her being interviewed by Hannity over the weekend. While I largely agree with her politically, her science education is... lacking. She came off like a low-grade moron when Darwinism came under discussion. It was embarassing. So... no, prolly won't be buying that one.
> Who is to distinguish between what is 'natural' and what is part of a pre-set plan in that case?
Dr. Collins, for one.
You can't "prove" that. It's a statement of faith. You don't need proof if you believe it from a theological standpoint.
bleh.. thats a cop-out if I ever heard one.
Hmm.. Can physics be a second reality?..
Can evolution be a second reality?..
Can cosmology be a second reality?..
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