Decoding the Language of God: Can a Scientist Really Be a Believer?: A Geneticist Responds to Francis Collins (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781591027669)

In his bestselling book, The Language of God, Francis Collins-the director of the National Institutes of Health and the scientist who led the Human Genome Project-attempted to harmonize the findings of scientific research with Christian belief. In this response to Collins's work, fellow geneticist George C. 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 admirable clarity for the nonscientist, Decoding the Language of God covers much of the same ground addressed by Collins in his book: the origins of moral behavior, the difficulty of reconciling belief in a good God with the existence of evil.and anthropic coincidences as evidence of God as creator.Cunningham 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. Unlike recent hostile attacks on religious belief, Cunningham's respectful, well-reasoned discussion will appeal to open-minded people across the whole spectrum of belief and unbelief.

Author: George C. Cunningham
ISBN-10: 1591027667
ISBN-13: 9781591027669
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Language: English
Published: 12/22/2009
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.04w x 0.57d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 15
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