Francis S. Collins

“Science is progressive and self-correcting: no significantly erroneous conclusions or false hypotheses can be sustained for long, as newer observations will ultimately…

— Francis S. Collins

“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…

— Francis S. Collins

“I was vaguely aware that same of those around me thought that this pairing of explorations was contradictory and I was headed…

— Francis S. Collins

“In that context, I find theistic evolution, or BioLogos, to be by far the most scientifically consistent and spiritually satisfying of the…

— Francis S. Collins

“At this point, godless materialists might be cheering. If humans evolved strictly by mutation and natural selection, who needs God to explain…

— Francis s. Collins

“Will we turn our backs on science because it is perceived as a threat to God, abandoning all the promise of advancing…

— Francis S. Collins

“As the leader of the international Human Genome Project, which had labored mightily over more than a decade to reveal this DNA…

— Francis S. Collins

“...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

“while the long history of religious oppression and hypocrisy is profoundly sobering, the earnest seeker must look beyond the behavior of flawed…

— Francis S. Collins

“What, to use Noble Laureate Wigner's classic phrase, accounts for the 'unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics'?”

— Francis S. Collins

“There are many subtle variants of theistic evolution, but a typical version rests upon the following premises: The universe came into being…

— Francis S. Collins

“Faith and reason are not, as many seem to be arguing today, mutually exclusive. They never have been. The letter to the…

— Francis S. Collins

“In this modern era of cosmology, evolution, and the human genome, is there still the possibility of a richly satisfying harmony between…

— Francis S. Collins

“...let us recognize that a large fraction of our suffering and that of our fellow human beings is brought about by what…

— Francis S. Collins

“There were long stretches of DNA in between genes that didn't seem to be doing very much; some even referred to these…

— Francis S. Collins

“a discussion about the miraculous quickly devolves to an argument about whether or not one is willing to consider any possibility whatsoever…

— Francis S. Collins

“I do not believe that the God who created all the universe, and who communes with His people through prayer and spiritual…

— Francis S. Collins