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We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.
Francis Collins
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Francis Collins
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: April 14
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Francis S. Collins
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When I discover something about the human genome, I experience a sense of awe at the mystery of life, and say to myself, 'Wow, only God knew before.' It is a profoundly beautiful and moving sensation, which helps me appreciate God and makes science even more rewarding for me.
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We are still working with an incomplete compass. The time is right to bring the full power of genomics to bear on the problem of cancer.
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By investigating God's majestic and awesome creation, science can actually be a means of worship.
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I'm a pretty informal guy. I ride a Harley.
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I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had.
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What faith has not been used by demagogues as a club over somebody's head?
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In my own experience as a physician, I have not seen a miraculous healing, and I don't expect to see one.
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God gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people.
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What wakes me up at night is this next generation and what's happening to them. And they're invariably excited about the science that they're doing, but invariably anxious about where there's a future.
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There are good reasons to believe in God, including the existence of mathematical principles and order in creation. They are positive reasons, based on knowledge, rather than default assumptions based on a temporary lack of knowledge.
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Prayer is, for me, not an opportunity to ask God to do stuff for me. Prayer is an opportunity to open myself, to try and understand his will, and oftentimes it's a prayer of thanksgiving, and sometimes it's a prayer of supplication, and sometimes it is just worship.
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