Decoding the Language of God: Can a Scientist Really Be a Believer?: A Geneticist Responds to Francis Collins
Cunningham, George C.
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In his best-selling book, The Language of God, Francis Collins the scientist who led the Human Genome Project attempted to harmonize the findings of scientific research with Christian belief. In this response to Collins work, fellow geneticist George Cunningham presents a point-by-point rebuttal of The Language of God, arguing that there is no scientifically acceptable evidence to support belief in a personal God, and much that discredits it. Written with clarity for lay readers, Decoding the Language of God presents a respectful but well-reasoned case against many of the points made, and questions raised by Collins work. Decoding the Language of God also devotes chapters to the unreliability of the Bible as a basis for belief: the conflict between naturalistic explanations of reality, which are anchored in scientific research, and supernatural interpretations, which are not; and the many difficulties in conceptualizing the origins of the universe in terms of a personal God.
About the Author: George C. Cunningham, MD, MPH (San Francisco, CA), now retired, is the former chief of the Genetic Disease Branch of the California State Department of Health Services. He has published more than 150 articles in scientific publications, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, the American Journal of Human Genetics, and Pediatrics.
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