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Criticism continues to follow the evangelical scientist

Criticism of his evangelical beliefs has caused Francis Collins, the new president of the National Institutes of Health , to proclaim, "I want to reassure everyone I am here to lead the NIH as best I can, as a scientist."

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Posted by nmclaughlin on Friday, September 11, 2009 at 5:14 pm

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Get A Clue

September 11, 2009 - 6:32 pm EDT

Yet another blog post without a story link.
Please?

nemo0037

September 14, 2009 - 7:16 am EDT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins_(geneticist)

I have known several deeply religious scientists in my life. All of them have had no problem with setting aside any religious misconceptions like a young earth or unchanging creation in order to pursue the work of scientists: discovering facts and developing theories that can explain the facts in natural terms. It appears that Dr. Collins fits that group very well indeed.