I believe in God, but I really like Christopher Hitchens. Here’s a short video of his interview w/ Lou Dobbs (who I rode the elevator with 2 days back, by the way!!!).
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Christopher Hitchens on Lou Dobbs
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Collins: Why this scientist believes in God
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
This is a cool piece (from my buddy Marion).
CNN.COM: POSTED: 6:15 p.m. EDT, April 4, 2007
Editor’s note: Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. His most recent book is “The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief.”
ROCKVILLE, Maryland (CNN) — I am a scientist and a believer, and I find no conflict between those world views.
As the director of the Human Genome Project, I have led a consortium of scientists to read out the 3.1 billion letters of the human genome, our own DNA instruction book. As a believer, I see DNA, the information molecule of all living things, as God’s language, and the elegance and complexity of our own bodies and the rest of nature as a reflection of God’s plan.
I did not always embrace these perspectives. As a graduate student in physical chemistry in the 1970s, I was an atheist, finding no reason to postulate the existence of any truths outside of mathematics, physics and chemistry. But then I went to medical school, and encountered life and death issues at the bedsides of my patients. Challenged by one of those patients, who asked “What do you believe, doctor?”, I began searching for answers. (more…)