
04-16-2008, 11:57 PM
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Re: God and the Genome - Francis Collins
I do realize I'm double posting, but perhaps it is justified in that I said I would respond at a later time. If the powers that be hold a different position, understand I do apologize and will cease to double post in the future.
The video was exceptionally well put together. Dr. Collins is a very eloquent man and I think he's a key to help bringing people to the "middle ground" as he calls it. I was not aware that ID rejects evolution as a ground rule and found it comforting to know I probably fit in with him at Theistic Evolution. I also appreciated in the fact in how consistent he was in his rule that very little actual material proof could be found for a personal, loving God and that it belief is mainly structured upon an unbreakable and resonant spiritual experience.
The questions were actually a bit disappointing I think; very little of them had to do with a healthy blending of both faith and science, but at least some did.
Some questions I ponder after watching:
1. It did bug me how he said it may be possible for those "who never heard" to possibly gain salvation. I'm really not sure what I believe, but I was exceptionally happy to hear that he was persistent in claiming "I don't have all the answers" and "Go ask your pastor.
2. Were Adam and Eve real people? He identified that modern consensus claims that we may have descended from a pool of ten thousand. It bugs me in that, how does Jesus and his ancestors fit into that?
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