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So, I dug up this old thread because I was going to start a thread, and realized the topic has probably been discussed a zillion times over. Yep. It has.
My school recently had a prominent Christian geneticist speak in a forum: Dr. Francis Collins, the president of the Human Genome Project. His lecture was entitled, "The Language of God: Intellectual Reflections of a Christian Geneticist". You can find his lecture online, if you're interested.
People who attended the event seemed to have some interesting contrasting perspectives: either they loved everything they had to say, said it helped them reconcile the advancements in science concerning evolution, and their understanding of God - or it made them terribly offended and thought this man was blasphemous.
My personal opinion: he's a cool guy. I felt like I'd heard the lecture before, so nothing earth-shattering for me. Definitely a nice way to spend an evening.
Here's where I stand on the whole God vs. Science thing:
I can't deny the existance of a higher being. I acknowledge that it very well might be my own dillusion, but I feel like there's someone looking out for me. I pray. I find happiness when I attend religious services. It usually doesn't matter what religious service I attend, I tend to find God everywhere.
Come May, I'll have a BS in "Genetics & Plant Biology." I am a student of genetics. I also love plants. I find phylogenetics and evolutionary biology fascinating. I love understanding the genetic relationships. I find evolution a wonderful method of describing how our world ticks.
I fail to see the disconnect between science and religion. People tell me it's there. But for the life of me I don't understand it. So I go with what I understand, and live my life.
Where do you stand?
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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq
"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy
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