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<blockquote data-quote="Beth-Zur" data-source="post: 58282518" data-attributes="member: 288708"><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Scientists of the Christian Faith: A Presentation of the Pioneers, Practitioners and Supporters of Modern Science.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">This listing is by no means definitive, or complete. There are/have been literally thousands of Christians involved in the sciences.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><strong><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: DarkRed"><u>Dr. Francis S. Collins</u> is Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.</span></span></strong> He currently leads the Human Genome Project, directed at mapping and sequencing all of human DNA, and determining aspects of its function. His previous research has identified the genes responsible for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, Huntington's disease and Hutchison-Gilford progeria syndrome. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. For the rest of his credentials, click on the link here: <a href="http://www.genome.gov/10000980" target="_blank">http://www.genome.gov/10000980</a>. Collins spoke with Bob Abernethy of PBS, posted online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/transcripts/collins.html" target="_blank">Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly - Interview with Dr. Francis Collins | PBS</a>, in which he summaries the compatability of fact and faith thusly:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">"I think there's a common assumption that you cannot both be a rigorous, show-me-the-data scientist and a person who believes in a personal God. I would like to say that from my perspective that assumption is incorrect; that, in fact, these two areas are entirely compatible and not only can exist within the same person, but can exist in a very synthetic way, and not in a compartmentalized way. I have no reason to see a discordance between what I know as a scientist who spends all day studying the genome of humans and what I believe as somebody who pays a lot of attention to what the Bible has taught me about God and about Jesus Christ. Those are entirely compatible views.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">"Science is the way -- a powerful way, indeed -- to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective -- in fact, it's rather ineffective -- in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for me, are quite real and quite important. They are investigated in different ways. They coexist. They illuminate each other. And it is a great joy to be in a position of being able to bring both of those points of view to bear in any given day of the week. The notion that you have to sort of choose one or the other is a terrible myth that has been put forward, and which many people have bought into without really having a chance to examine the evidence. I came to my faith not, actually, in a circumstance where it was drummed into me as a child, which people tend to assume of any scientist who still has a personal faith in God; but actually by a series of compelling, logical arguments, many of them put forward by C. S. Lewis, that got me to the precipice of saying, 'Faith is actually plausible.' You still have to make that step. You will still have to decide for yourself whether to believe. But you can get very close to that by intellect alone."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">* This excerpt is linked at the title. It is but a very small part of a large, link rich web site. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/onion/study.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":study:" title="study :study:" data-shortname=":study:" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beth-Zur, post: 58282518, member: 288708"] [SIZE="1"][SIZE="2"][B]Scientists of the Christian Faith: A Presentation of the Pioneers, Practitioners and Supporters of Modern Science.[/B][/SIZE] This listing is by no means definitive, or complete. There are/have been literally thousands of Christians involved in the sciences. [B][COLOR="DarkRed"][COLOR="DarkRed"][U]Dr. Francis S. Collins[/U] is Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/B] He currently leads the Human Genome Project, directed at mapping and sequencing all of human DNA, and determining aspects of its function. His previous research has identified the genes responsible for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, Huntington's disease and Hutchison-Gilford progeria syndrome. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. For the rest of his credentials, click on the link here: [url]http://www.genome.gov/10000980[/url]. Collins spoke with Bob Abernethy of PBS, posted online at [url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/transcripts/collins.html]Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly - Interview with Dr. Francis Collins | PBS[/url], in which he summaries the compatability of fact and faith thusly: "I think there's a common assumption that you cannot both be a rigorous, show-me-the-data scientist and a person who believes in a personal God. I would like to say that from my perspective that assumption is incorrect; that, in fact, these two areas are entirely compatible and not only can exist within the same person, but can exist in a very synthetic way, and not in a compartmentalized way. I have no reason to see a discordance between what I know as a scientist who spends all day studying the genome of humans and what I believe as somebody who pays a lot of attention to what the Bible has taught me about God and about Jesus Christ. Those are entirely compatible views. "Science is the way -- a powerful way, indeed -- to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective -- in fact, it's rather ineffective -- in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds, for me, are quite real and quite important. They are investigated in different ways. They coexist. They illuminate each other. And it is a great joy to be in a position of being able to bring both of those points of view to bear in any given day of the week. The notion that you have to sort of choose one or the other is a terrible myth that has been put forward, and which many people have bought into without really having a chance to examine the evidence. I came to my faith not, actually, in a circumstance where it was drummed into me as a child, which people tend to assume of any scientist who still has a personal faith in God; but actually by a series of compelling, logical arguments, many of them put forward by C. S. Lewis, that got me to the precipice of saying, 'Faith is actually plausible.' You still have to make that step. You will still have to decide for yourself whether to believe. But you can get very close to that by intellect alone." * This excerpt is linked at the title. It is but a very small part of a large, link rich web site. :study:[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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