Francis S Collins
Francis Collins was head of the successful Human Genome Project. His book The Language of God describes his journey from atheism to Christian belief, coming to realise that science is not in conflict with the Bible, and actually enhances faith. After the success of The Language of God, Collins founded biologos.org, a website for questions and answers about science and faith, with essays by experts fields such as Biblical studies, Theology, History, Philosophy, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences.
- index to Collins' contributions to counterbalance.org
- cited here in this wiki by brother Jonathan Pogson
- cited here in The Fourth Conversation by brother Mike Pearson
Some quotes
“It is humbling for me and awe-inspiring to realize that we have caught the first glimpse of our own instruction book, previously known only to God.”
— from The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
"The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory. His creation is majestic, awesome, intricate and beautiful . . .
— from The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
“a discussion about the miraculous quickly devolves to an argument about whether or not one is willing to consider any possibility whatsoever of the supernatural”
— from The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
“...to apply scientific arguments to the question of God's existence, as if this were somehow a showstopper, is committing a category error.”
— from Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith
(Many more at goodreads.com.)
