We're not a big fan of Francis Collins around these parts. He's done some good science and helped lead one of the most important research projects in history. He also has a habit of contradicting or ignoring science when he pontificates on his faith. We don't dig that. Over at Talk Reason, Gert Korthof takes Collins to task for arguing that Moral Law is a divine gift (scroll down to "The Irreducibly Complex Moral Law").
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