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Jim__

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9. Francis Collins was nominated for Director of the NIH by President Obama and ...
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 09:46 PM
Dec 2014

... unanimously confirmed by the Senate.

Sam Harris doesn't even have an official nomination to the thought police - although it appears that he thinks he does.

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
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