Best quotes by Francis Collins on God

Checkout quotes by Francis Collins on God

• ‟ I believe God did intend, in giving us intelligence, to give us the opportunity to investigate and appreciate the wonders of His creation. He is not threatened by our scientific adventures.

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• ‟ For me, in my Christian belief, prayer is not an opportunity to manipulate God into doing what you want him to. Prayer is an opportunity to have a conversation with God to try to get in tune with what his will is.

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• ‟ God gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people.

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• ‟ If God is real, and I believe he is, then he is outside of nature. He is, therefore, not limited by the laws of nature in the way that we are.

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• ‟ I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.

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• ‟ I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had.

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• ‟ I don't have a problem with the concept that miracles might occasionally occur at moments of great significance, where there is a message being transmitted to us by God Almighty. But as a scientist, I set my standards for miracles very high.

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• ‟ God is an awesome mathematician and physicist.

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