The Language of God: Evidence for Belief? (original) (raw)

Francis S Collins tries to persuade us of why he became a Christian. He presents evidence for belief in his book The Language of God. He will convince his Christian chums, but few scientists. The book must be written for Christians. For anyone else it will seem puerile. His science sections are as good as one might expect, but the personal journey is laughable, and the evidence he offers for belief will be inadequate for anyone who thinks of themself as a scientist. One has to conclude that the intended audience is the large body of Christians who reject science, 45% of Americans. They need to be persuaded of the importance of science if the USA is not to slide into mediocrity in future decades. Collins is a Christian, and aims to keep their confidence by interlacing the science with a lot of pious garbage. Christians should indeed read the book for the science, but here we dissect the garbage.