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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (376498)	7/11/2018 2:00:06 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544148

Here was his specific argument. And it is not bigotry it is common sense! Collins also said this: "evolution is a process instituted by God, as well as proposing that morality is divinely ordained" Suppose that a neuroscientist submits a grant application to the NIH to study the neuronal activation patterns of religious folks (this relatively new field is known as neurotheology). Or, let us for a moment imagine a different group of evolutionary scientists who submit a grant application to explore the Darwinian underpinnings of morality. These legitimate scientific questions are in direct conflict with Dr. Collins' publicly stated religious beliefs on these matters. What should we conclude? Assuming that Dr. Collins sits on the actual adjudication committees for these two grants, will his scientific training guide his thinking or will his religious beliefs rule the direction? Many readers of this blog are likely to have displayed horror at the idiocy of George Bush's and Sarah Palin's support for the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools (and their corresponding disbelief in evolution). Needless to say, as an evolutionary behavioral scientist, I wholeheartedly agree that this is nonsensical and outrageous. That said I hope that the same people who chided Bush for his unmitigated stupidity will find it in their hearts (if they are not blinded by sheer partisanship; see my post on this topic here) to proclaim with equal aplomb that Obama was equally idiotic in appointing a Bible-toting guy to head the NIH. This appointment makes as much sense as to appoint an individual who believes in faith healing to be Surgeon-General, or to appoint an astrologer to head NASA.