Ancient Wisdom Today » The Human Genome Project http://maer.vidanovaphilly.org Ancient Wisdom Today: seeking to understand the past to make sense of the present Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Scientific and Spiritual Worldviews: Are They in Conflict? http://maer.vidanovaphilly.org/2009/02/05/scientific-and-spiritual-worldviews-are-they-in-conflict/ http://maer.vidanovaphilly.org/2009/02/05/scientific-and-spiritual-worldviews-are-they-in-conflict/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:29:31 +0000 Maer http://maer.vidanovaphilly.org/?p=116 Francis Collins, former director of the Human Genome Project, delivered a lecture at InterVarsity entitled “Human Flourishing and the Sciences.” Some of you may know Dr. Collins as the author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. This lecture is very informative as he tells you some of the history behind his involvement in the Human Genome Project. It is also very personal as he took the time to tell the story of how he became a believer. It is Dr. Collins’ contention that many people hold a false dichotomy that you can either have a scientific worldview or a spiritual worldview. Although he does not like the term “theistic evolution,” he summarizes why he thinks this is compatible with the biblical account in Genesis. He also plays his interview with Stephen Colbert which is hilarious.

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