“.. I’ve found God, says man who cracked the genome..” with
“..His book, The Language of God, to be published in September..” sounds a bit opportunistic!
In college I always noticed the irony that my political science and sociology teachers seemed to generally be atheistic or agnostic but my biology and geology professors all seemed to believe in God.
For some reason, the movie “Pi” comes to mind after reading this article. What a weird movie!
Thank you for the opportunity this morning to be reminded of and be witness to the Glory of God.
I wonder how long it will be before every homosexual starts their rant about how this man is a bigot because he did not work to find the theoretical “gay” gene that they were all born with?
How does he know that our DNA was designed by a god? Using his same line of reasoning, it could have been designed by aliens.
20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
14. I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19. Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
In Particle (Quantum) Physics scientist observe a particle can be in two places at once. What is interesting is we have this concept to find God you have to go big, and actually there is more evidence God exist by going small.
How about that.
YEA GOD!
THX
“Among Collins’s most controversial beliefs is that of “theistic evolution”, which claims natural selection is the tool that God chose to create man. In his version of the theory, he argues that man will not evolve further.”
As soon as I read this paragraph and before I went on with the article, I knew he had read CS Lewis. Yes, this is in Mere Christianity but there’s a lovely presentation of it in the third of his science fiction trilogy, Perelandra. The Queen of that planet explains to Ransom why there were sentient beings other than human on Mars but not on Perelandra (Venus). It was because Perelandra received the gift of life after Our Dear Lord was on earth and after His coming that gift could only be given to humans.
If DNA is the ‘language of God’ then his words are made up of amino acids.
Didn’t Frank Herbert write about a fictional society that worshiped DNA as the ‘Language of God’? Seems this guy needs to give credit where credit is due.
I agree. I'm a practicing Christian; but I believe God reveals Himself in His creation as well as the Bible. That is uncomfortable because some portions of the early new Testament are incompatible with what God has apparently revealed in his creation.
It would be comfortable to interpret the Bible literally. But I don't find that option available for much of Genesis. Our ancestors have been around for longer than 6,000 years. There was no worldwide flood and all living creatures do not descend from two of each type on the Ark. Where did the people Adam and Eve met after they were thrown out of Eden come from?
So I have to accept that The Pentateuch is mostly oral history committed to writing perhaps thousands of years after the oral history started and that some of the stuff was revelation tied to what stone age folks were able to understand. Some inaccuracies crept in over the centuries. So the story of Eden is, I believe, a true metaphor. That is, God created man to have one kind of relationship with him. We sinned and fell. The consequence was death. It probably didn't happen in precisely the way described in Genesis.
This, by the way is in stark contrast to the New Testament, which is either eyewitness testimony or "as-told-to" type testimony. The apologetics case for the Resurrection is overwhelming. As Jesus referred back to the sin of Adam and to old testament scripture, we must give them meaning that is consistent with what we know from God's revelation of Himself thru His creation. The simple literal interpretation does not always work to achieve that.
On the other hand, it doesn't make a lot of difference in my faith how that comes out. The FACT of the resurrection is the core of Christianity; and that stands without a serious challeged despite two centuries of attacks by humanists. Everything else is detail.
For many reasons, this article moved me deeply. Thank you for posting.
I recently watched a program on Stephen Hawking and the controversial quantum physic theories on whether or not matter is lost in the universe. I could not believe how many confirmations of the account of creation, and the character of the Creator, were obvious to any open-minded person in that debate.
The more I read science, the more I see God.
I also recommend “Mere Christianity.” Any person who wants to continue to become educated would do well to think through the points of that book.
Atheist freakout, denouncing him as “not a real scientist” and a “fraud” in...5...4...3...2...1...