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On the recordMay 8, 2007
To actually insist, therefore, that God might be threatened by what science is teaching us, it seems to me, that requires a lot less faith than one should have.
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Francis Collins
Pennsylvania

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Francis Collins argues that science should not be viewed as a threat to faith.

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