‘Evangelistic’ scientist tapped to lead National Institute of Health [View All]

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http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/09/man-new-testament-first-hand-nih

‘Evangelistic’ scientist tapped to lead National Institute of Health

Believes New Testament consists of ‘first hand accounts’

The scientist chosen by President Barack Obama to lead the National Institute of Health has a controversial history of mixing politics with faith.

Dr. Francis Collins was a leading pioneer in human genome research and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2007. He led the government’s successful efforts to decode the human genome.

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Collins is also the author of a book that posits that science can provide the foundation for religious belief. The book, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, argues that “God is most certainly not threatened by science; He made it all possible.”

“In my view,” Collins later writes, “DNA sequence alone, even if accompanied by a vast trove of data on biological function, will never explain certain special human attributes, such as the knowledge of the Moral Law and the universal search for God.”

Oh god. :eyes: