{"id":5141,"date":"2011-07-28T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2011-07-28T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T20:01:32","slug":"evangelical-nih-director-speaks-out-against-%e2%80%98angry-atheists%e2%80%99-in-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/07\/evangelical-nih-director-speaks-out-against-%e2%80%98angry-atheists%e2%80%99-in-science.html","title":{"rendered":"EVANGELICAL NIH DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT AGAINST \u2018ANGRY ATHEISTS\u2019 IN SCIENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?attachment_id=104791\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104791\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/2011\/07\/franciscollins1-270x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins<\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins, once again, challenged the commonly held sentiment that science and religion are inherently incompatible.<\/p>\n<p>Collins, an evangelical Christian who spawned controversy after assuming the head position at the nation\u2019s top medical research agency, lamented the presence of \u201cangry atheists\u201d in science and made a case for compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, President Barack Obama\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/07\/08\/AR2009070802769.html\" target=\"_blank\">nominated<\/a>Collins to be the director of the NIH. Both a physician and a scientist, Collins was instrumental in seeing the Human Genome Project through to completion. Additionally, he has written and spoken intensely on matters of both science and faith.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/evangelical-nih-director-speaks-out-against-angry-atheists-in-science\/\">http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/evangelical-nih-director-speaks-out-against-angry-atheists-in-science\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins On Tuesday, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins, once again, challenged the commonly held sentiment that science and religion are inherently incompatible. Collins, an evangelical Christian who spawned controversy after assuming the head position at the nation\u2019s top medical research agency, lamented the presence of \u201cangry&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1361,1344,344,252,1367,1355,503,251,68,450,108],"tags":[1875,1874,1877,1876,1879,889,1878],"class_list":["post-5141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-christian-bias","category-attacks-from-the-left-on-the-righteous","category-bullying","category-christian","category-deceptions-and-lies","category-false-religions-that-claim-to-be-christian","category-free-speech","category-persecution","category-political-correctness","category-politics","category-religion","tag-angry-atheists","tag-evangelical-nih-director","tag-human-genome-project","tag-nih-director-francis-collins","tag-physician-and-scientist","tag-science","tag-science-and-faith-compatible"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EVANGELICAL NIH DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT AGAINST \u2018ANGRY ATHEISTS\u2019 IN SCIENCE  - Watchwoman on the Wall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/07\/evangelical-nih-director-speaks-out-against-\u2018angry-atheists\u2019-in-science.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EVANGELICAL NIH DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT AGAINST \u2018ANGRY ATHEISTS\u2019 IN SCIENCE  - Watchwoman on the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins On Tuesday, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins, once again, challenged the commonly held sentiment that science and religion are inherently incompatible. 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