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Francis Collins: Bridging Science and Faith

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Is There a God in the Universe?

It seems to me it's very difficult to prove a negative, which leads to agnosticism. Questions like why is there' something instead of nothing? Well, that', that's not one that you can answer with science. And then most compellingly, and i think even richard dawkins will admit that this is the one that gives him pause,. The fact that the universe is so fine tuned for something interesting to happen. We have these constants that determine the behaviour of matter and energy - if those were off, any one of them by one part in a billion, or even less than that, the whole thing wouldn't work. There'd be no possibility of any idea

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