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Posted by: thebluedog 2 years agoFrancis Collins -- head of the Human Genome Project -- discusses his conversion to evangelical Christianity, why scientists do not need to be atheists, and what C.S. Lewis has to do with it
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thebluedog
Aug. 7, 2006, 1:53 a.m.The article linked here is FREE TO READ after you view a quick ad from the site sponsor.
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think
Aug. 8, 2006, 11:01 p.m.The fact that most religions believe that man has no control over his or her own environment is leading us to the environmental destruction of the planet and all it's echo systems. Even though there is good that originates from the common sense ethical aspects to some of the verses held within the ancient texts of the world. But I would say that any good that has come does not out weigh the devastation of life, as we know it on earth.
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think
Aug. 8, 2006, 11:03 p.m.Science is our only hope of retaining logic and the search for truth.
Most religions pit people against each other in a way that creates the probability of war. If we look to history it is a long story of war fueled by the human conditions of greed, power, resources, revenge, and fear. The only way to unify large masses of people toward war and the risking of one’s life is through religion. In all early civilizations there was no separation between religion and state. There is irrefutable evidence of war and religion’s influence upon the people’s motivation to wage war. It is these irrefutable realities that make science so very important. We need to hear as much from the scientific community as possible. Civilization and its future depend on it. From the evolution debate or weather or not mankind has an effect upon our environment.
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