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Dewey Decimal Number: 215 Edition: 1 Format: Kindle Book Label: The Free Press Manufacturer: The Free Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: March 02, 2007 Publisher: The Free Press Release Date: March 02, 2007 Studio: The Free Press Editorial Review: Product Description: "Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists. He works at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God and scripture. He believes that God cares about us and can intervene in human affairs - on rare occasions, even miraculously. Collins has personally discovered some of the scientific evidence for the common descent of all living creatures, even though he repudiates the materialist, atheistic worldview argued by many prominent Darwinists. In short, Dr. Collins provides a satisfying solution for the dilemma that haunts everyone who believes in God and respects science. Faith in God and faith in science can be harmonious - combined into one worldview. The God that he believes in is a God who can listen to prayers and cares about our souls. The biological science he has advanced is compatible with such a God. For Collins, science does not conflict with the Bible, science enhances it. For many years Dr. Collins kept his views largely to himself, as he helped oversee the Human Genome Project's stunning sequencing of the code of life. Now, in what may be the most important melding of reason and revelation since C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, Dr. Collins explains himself in detail. The Language of God makes the case for God and for science. Dr. Collins considers and rejects several positions along the spectrum from atheism to young-earth creationism - including agnosticism and Intelligent Design. Instead, he proposes a new synthesis, a new way to think about an active, caring God who created humankind through evolutionary processes. He has heard every argument against faith from scientists, and he can refute them. He has also heard the needless rejection of scientific truths by some people of faith, and he can counter that, too. He explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes readers on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry, and biology can all fit together with belief in God and the Bible. The Language of God is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: Why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean?" Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The science of GodThe Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis S. Collins is an intriguing book .Collins a geneticist and head of Human Genome Project find God in the most peculiar places were science and spirituality meet. Collins believes no matter how deeply one studies science one will never find answers for the simplest human attributes like morality. The more he studies the more he realizes that everything including the genetic code is all made from "God's Instruction book."It doesn't ... Read More Rating: - Bot 2 booksI bot 2 bks both under the descripyion "used and new". One book was perfect and the other had a LOT of writing on many pages in the margins. Rating: - Best case against ID I have ever seenI bought this book right after I lost faith in Christianity. I was an atheist and looking for a book by an intellectual (aka, someone smarter than me) who would lay out solid, logical reasons why the idea of a God and a Christian one at that was warranted. Instead I got a great anti-ID book with a bit at the end about God. Rating: - FascinatingThe Language of God was an immensely enjoyable read, particularly for me as a scientist far removed from the DNA world. I have not seen the basics of evolutionary theory presented as clearly and simply as Collins does here. However, the book does not deliver what some might hope it does or even what the header suggests: evidence for belief. But this is for two obvious reasons, which Dawkins would do well to remember. First, Collins is not a philosopher. But he does not try to be--he merely describes the ... Read More Rating: - Evidence for Science, Not for BeliefI really liked this book. I do not buy any of Dr. Collins' arguments for God, but I really appreciated the depth of his understanding of evolution. This book is much better than Dawkins' The God Delusion for promoting science to people of faith. I have friends who do not believe in evolution because they feel it contradicts their understanding of Christianity. This is a book I would heartily recommend to them to help them better understand the fact of evolution without offending their religious convictions. ... Read More |
