The Language of God

Does science necessarily undermine faith in God Or could it actually support faith Beyond the flashpoint debates over the teaching of evolution, or stem cell research, most of us struggle with contradictions concerning life s ultimate question We know that accidents happen, but we believe we are on earth for a reason Until now, most scientists have argued that science and faith occupy distinct arenas Francis Collins, a former atheist as a science student who converted to faith as he became a doctor, is about to change that Collins s faith in God has been confirmed and enhanced by the revolutionary discoveries in biology that he has helped to oversee He has absorbed the arguments for atheism of many scientists and pundits, and he can refute them Darwinian evolution occurs, yet, as he explains, it cannot fully explain human nature evolution can and must be directed by God He offers an inspiring tour of the human genome to show the miraculous nature of God s instruction book. 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Collins For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Francis Collins comes across as such a nice guy He s clearly a very good molecular biologist he led the Human Genome Project to a successful conclusion, no mean feat and he has strong Christian ideals that he s thought about a lot and tried hard to realize in practice Here, he outlines his philosophy, a kind of theistic e...This book was Fantastic If it were up to me, this book would be required reading for every college freshman or senior in high school I listened to Dr Collins speak at last year s scientific sessions of the American Diabetes Association I couldn t pass up the opportunity to listen to the head of the international group responsible for sequencing the human genome I was impressed with his clear forward thinking mind Probably because I d heard Dr Collins speak, knew his work, and had a very g This book was Fantastic If it were up to me, this book would be required reading for every college freshman or senior in high school I listened to Dr Collins speak at last year s scientific sessions of the American Diabetes Association I couldn t pass up the opportunity to listen to the head of the international group responsible for sequencing the human genome I was impressed with his clear forward thinking mind Probably because I d heard Dr Collins speak, knew his work, and had a very good impression of him, I was a little dismayed when I saw the title of his book I thought maybe he was a little off track Personally, science hasn t shown me anything that confirms, OR DENIES, the existence of God I figured I had to read his book just to see what he had to say on the matter Fortunately, I wasthan pleasantly surprised to find what this book contained This book isn t an attempt to use scientific knowledge and proofs to d...Let me preface this review by saying that I read this book as part of a discussion with my intelligent and faithful not to mention extremely good looking its a genetic thing family members, who are open minded to both science and religion I hope that I can be likewise They asked me for my sincere opinion about this book, and here is the resul...I have no doubt in the sincerity of Dr Collins s beliefs, but I found this book insufferable I picked it up at the store, hoping to catch a glimpse of how an established and wildly successful scientist reconciles his faith with the tradition of scientific rationalism Instead, I found a lot of C.S Lewis fan dom mixed with a clumsy rehashing of pretty tired theological arguments hinging on a mysterious intrinsic Moral Law To be honest, it reads like Collins is trying to convince himself m I have no doubt in the sincerity of Dr Collins s beliefs, but I found this book insufferable I picked it up at the store, hoping to catch a glimpse of how an established and wildly successful scientist reconciles his faith with the tradition of scientific rationalism Instead, I found a lot of C.S Lewis fan dom mixed with a clumsy rehashing of pretty tired theological arguments hinging on a my...This is a long review, so here s the shorter version first There are atheists who believe science is inconsistent with religious belief There are religious people who don t believe in science There are religious people who do believe in science, compartmentalizing the two and judging them by different standards Okay, fine I don t want group two allowed on any boards of education, but aside from that, fine Collins is in group three, but the thing that really irritates me is that he won t ad This is a long review, so here s the shorter version first There are at...It was very refreshing to hear a reasonable person discuss these issues without trying to overemphasize controversy There are two portions of the book Collins personal story of how he came to faith in God, and his views on a number of controversial issues in the overlapping worlds of...While I am not usually a big fan of non fiction takes too long to read this book really affected me As a scientist I was ready to disagree with the ideas of this evangelical Christian, but his arguments were well, scientific His rational arguments struck a chord with me and he convinced me that t...This book is now my recommended first read for anyone who is asking the question, Can a scientist be a Christian or even believe in God Collins, best known for being director of the human genome project, has impeccable credentials in the scientific world He began as an agnostic Feeling that agnostics who have not really tried to find God have no basis to defend their position or criticize others, Collins endeavored to see whether belief in God is possible He leads the reader through the pr This book is now my recommended first read for anyone who is asking the question, Can a scientist be a Christian or even believe in God Collins, best known for being director of the human genome project, has impeccable credentials in the scientific world He began as an agnostic Feeling that agnostics who have not really tried to find God have no basis to defend their position or criticize others, Collins endeavored to see whether belief in God is possible He leads the reader through the process by which he has concluded that not only is belief in God possible, he believes it is the most likely explanation for his cumulative observations He further goes on the conclude that for him Christianity has the most credibility of the religions.Collins addresses evolution, creationism, and intelligent design He concludes that evidence for evolution, including the evolution of man from a ...Full disclosure I didn t read this whole book, as I was principally interested in Collins s arguments against Intelligent Design, so that and his arguments against atheism were the only two sections I have read so far I will therefore confine myself to addressing those two sections.Collins is a world renowned scientist, a geneticist who headed the Human Genome Project, and as such his words carry a great deal of weight In the cases where he gets it right, this is a good thing where he gets i Full disclosure I didn t read this whole book, as I was principally interested in Collins s arguments against Intelligent Design, so that and his arguments against atheism were the only two sections I have read so far I will therefore confine myself to addressing those two sections.Collins is a world renowned scientist, a geneticist who headed the Human Genome Project, and as such his words carry a great deal of weight In the cases where he gets it right, this is a good thing where he gets it wrong, this is a terrible thing, especially since many of his readers will depend on him and his reasoning instead of their own to reach his conclusions Where he gets it right is in the case of Intelligent Design Collins argues that ID is simply not science, because it fails to solve any scientific problems, because it is unverifiable, because it fails to make any sort of useful prediction, and because it is ultimately a god of the g...I picked this book up because I thought it would be interesting to read about the religious views of the head of the Human Genome Project What does someone who has his scientific credentials think about God and spirituality Some of the reviews on GR attempt to attack perceived fallacies in his arguments and prove him wrong, but I was less interested in that than I was getting inside his head and listening to his personal story, whether I agreed with him or not The Language ...

• English
• 14 November 2018
Francis S. Collins
• Hardcover
• 294 pages
• 0743286391
• Francis S. Collins
• The Language of God