Francis Collins nominated as NIH Director

This is pretty neat. Last week Obama, not that I am a huge fan, nominated Francis Collins, of whom I am a huge fan, as the director for the National Institute of Health. Francis Collins is viewed as one of the top scientists in the world... and is very outwardly Christian. He was a key player in the Human Genome Prject and he and his team found genes contributing to cystic fibrosis. In 2006, he wrote The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, a book in which he describes his process of becoming Christian. I've read part of it and am anxious now to read the rest.

I believe as does President Eyring's dad, Henry Eyring that "Science has rendered a service to religion. The scientific spirit is the essence of religion." When it really comes down to what is real and important and we get to sit in that great Celestial Sunday school class, science and religion will blend beautifully.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-Intent-to-Nominate-Francis-Collins-as-NIH-Director/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins_(geneticist)