by Kevin Mayhood
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), page B4
November 15, 2007
Atheists at one extreme and Christians promoting intelligent design at the other are ignoring evidence that supports evolution and the presence of God, says a scientist who helped map the DNA of humans.
“ DNA is a language, it is how God spoke life into you and me,” Francis Collins told two audiences yesterday.
Collins, author of The Language of God, is an atheist turned believer, a physician and genetics expert who is director of the National Human Genome Institute. He told several hundred students at Ohio State University and another audience of hundreds at COSI that religion and science actually support each other.
At COSI, Collins was part of a panel discussion called “ The Intersection of Faith & Evolution: A Civil Dialogue.” Collins was largely supported by the other panelists: two more scientists and a religious historian and teacher.
