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Act_of_Reparation

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5. I wouldn't say it is a veneer.

Reply to COLGATE4 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 06:53 PM

Dec 2014

I can't speak to whether he's a good scientist or simply a good administrator, but he finished the Human Genome Project ahead of time and under budget. That's worth something.

Like any PhD, he's very intelligent, but very specialized. He's imminently qualified to speak of genetics, but no more qualified than you or I to speak of theology. Apologists don't seem to realize this, or simply don't care.

I've read his conversion story. It's absolutely laughable.

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Sam Harris rips the head of the National Institute of Health for pushing religious ‘bullsh*t’ [View all] cleanhippie Dec 2014 OP

Collins is a very smart guy who is unfortunately a real Fundie with COLGATE4 Dec 2014 #1

I wouldn't say it is a veneer. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2014 #5

Harris is pissed because Collins is a better scientist and is also religious. rug Dec 2014 #2

Yeah, I'm sure that's it. cleanhippie Dec 2014 #3

It's a better explanation for Harris' emotional meltdown than a smiley. rug Dec 2014 #4

It's neither an explanation or an "emotional meltdown" cleanhippie Dec 2014 #6

This is eminently rational: rug Dec 2014 #7

I swear, I'm not clairvoyant. cleanhippie Dec 2014 #8

Francis Collins was nominated for Director of the NIH by President Obama and ... Jim__ Dec 2014 #9

Does any of that invalidate his points about the Director of the NIH being a Creationist? cleanhippie Dec 2014 #10

He doesn't raise any points about the Director of the NIH being a Creationist. Jim__ Dec 2014 #11

Collins advocates "theistic evolution." trotsky Dec 2014 #12

Well of course he is. cleanhippie Dec 2014 #13

Your claim directly contradicts what the article explicitly states. Jim__ Dec 2014 #14

Evolution guided by the hand of God. And miracles. cleanhippie Dec 2014 #15

That article says it's just altruism that he thinks comes from God muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #16

Evolution as in the scientific theory of evolution. Jim__ Dec 2014 #18

So we have to swear atheism before doign any science? Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #17