“I was vaguely aware that same of those around me thought that this pairing of explorations was contradictory and I was headed over a cliff, but I found it difficult to imagine that there could be a real conflict between… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“Science is progressive and self-correcting: no significantly erroneous conclusions or false hypotheses can be sustained for long, as newer observations will ultimately knock down incorrect constructs. But over a long period of time, a consistent set of observations sometimes emerges that leads to a new framework of understanding. That framework is then given a much more substantive description, and is… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share
“Yeah, it’s true we’re all dealt a set of cards. But it’s also true that it’s up to us to figure out how to… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“I was vaguely aware that same of those around me thought that this pairing of explorations was contradictory and I was headed over a… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“In that context, I find theistic evolution, or BioLogos, to be by far the most scientifically consistent and spiritually satisfying of the alternatives. This… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“At this point, godless materialists might be cheering. If humans evolved strictly by mutation and natural selection, who needs God to explain us? To… — Francis s. Collins Copy Share Image
“Will we turn our backs on science because it is perceived as a threat to God, abandoning all the promise of advancing our understanding… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“As the leader of the international Human Genome Project, which had labored mightily over more than a decade to reveal this DNA sequence, I… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“...to apply scientific arguments to the question of God's existence, as if this were somehow a showstopper, is committing a category error.” — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“while the long history of religious oppression and hypocrisy is profoundly sobering, the earnest seeker must look beyond the behavior of flawed humans in… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“What, to use Noble Laureate Wigner's classic phrase, accounts for the 'unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics'?” — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“There are many subtle variants of theistic evolution, but a typical version rests upon the following premises: The universe came into being out of… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
“Faith and reason are not, as many seem to be arguing today, mutually exclusive. They never have been. The letter to the Hebrews in… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
