"[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most……" — Francis Collins
"[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all of science. I believe that reading our blueprints, cataloguing our own instruction book, will be judged by history as more significant than even splitting the atom or going to the moon."
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70 Quotes by Francis Collins
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I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't…
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The problem [with genetic research] is, we're just starting down this path, feeling our way in the dark. We have…
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There are good reasons to believe in God, including the existence of mathematical principles and order in creation. They are…
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God decided to create a species with whom he could have fellowship. Who are we to say that evolution was…
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The airman must possess absolutely untroubled nerves.
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By investigating God's majestic and awesome creation, science can actually be a means of worship.
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The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or…
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God is most certainly not threatened by science; He made it all possible.
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By committing the scientific method to religious claims you're committing a logical fallacy
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Evolution, as a mechanism, can be and must be true. But that says nothing about the nature of its author.…
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