A Question about Francis Collins's lecture, "The Language of God"
In his book 1776, David McCollough repeatedly describes George Washington as a man who sees the world not as he wishes it to be, but as it really is. He makes the point that this was one of Washington's greatest traits as a leader of the army.
After listening to Collins's lecture, and/or reading his book, do you think he is a man who sees the world as it really is, or as he wishes it to be?
- Brian Cassel
Comments
Does Collins see the world as it really is or as he wishes it to be?
Well, he takes a certain perspective.
What more can we say? (What REALLY is...hmmm).
What's lacking in his work(from my perspective) is a really solid integration of his spiritual beliefs and scientific theory. There's a gap there...an unnecessary gap. He, like many other theists, holds strong to the position that there is a god but doesn't really show how scientific theory and research give any real evidence or support for such a claim. He presents old arguments that don't really do anything to integrate science and faith and doesn't really give the serious and sincere thinker/seeker a solid theory/philosophy to consider.
Consider this, for example: In Romans, chapter 1 verse 19 (or 15, I forget) Paul says that we can know that there is a god through the observation of creation. How can this be? How can nature/the relative world/material existence reveal to us that there is a god. How can all the scientific data and research, or anything we observe in creation for that matter, lead us to the understanding that there is a god?
Posted by: omkar
May 24, 2007 9:34 PM