Francis Collins: this April, the former director of the Human Genome Project launched the BioLogos Foundation, which aims to foster discussion about the compatibility religion.(Q+A)(Interview)(Brief article)

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Why did you launch BioLogos.org?

After The Language of God was published, I got deluged with interesting queries far beyond my ability to respond. So we identified 33 questions that get asked over and over again. We don't necessarily have to have the single answer to every question. I think many believers and unbelievers are trying to figure out whether some answers can be accepted from a rigorous perspective as making sense while doing no violence to either science or Scripture.

And this all comes from a theistic evolutionary perspective?

This is the perspective that most working scientists who are believers--and that's …