Holy Post Episode 483: Faith, Science, and the Covid Vaccines with Francis Collins

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Phil Vischer

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🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Are faith and science irreconcilable belief systems? Not according to Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health and founder of BioLogos. He talks with Phil about his journey from atheism to faith, his role in overseeing the country’s response to Covid-19, and why America’s culture war is literally killing people. Collins also explains why the Covid vaccines are safe and should be embraced by Christians as an answer to prayer.

Then, The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s attack on a small Texas church backfires, leading to a conversation about God and gendered language. The editor of World Magazine leaves in protest as yet another evangelical institution takes a sharp turn to the right. Are we witnessing the final fury of a dying religious right? Plus, Phil was unknowingly on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. And, a meaningless archeological discovery in Michigan.

News Segment:

November livestream details [3:41]
http://patreon.com/holypost

Archaeological discovery in Michigan [5:21]
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/32486160/the-remarkable-story-man-found-162-bowling-balls-house

Phil on the Late Show [12:24]

Beth Allison Barr and our language for God [14:04]

“The Making of Biblical Womanhood” - https://amzn.to/3oSOVm3
https://www.holypost.com/post/episode-457-paul-power-patriarchy-with-beth-allison-barr

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/how-gods-pronouns-and-the-cbmw-might-save-beth-allison-barrs-church/2021/11/11/07320aae-4337-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html

Marvin Olasky and the struggle between evangelicals and fundamentalists [28:52] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/business/world-magazine-marvin-olasky-trump.html

https://twitter.com/drantbradley/status/1460273263590916099

Interview with Francis Collins:

Interview Start [49:28]
“Language of God” book [52:20]
https://amzn.to/3qGHG2P

Response to objections after NIH nomination [55:19]

Science and faith conflicts [57:20]

COVID-19 responses and vaccines [1:00:05]

Legacy as a visible scientist of faith [1:07:23]

Culture wars and the pandemic [1:15:21]

Other resources mentioned:

Biologos: https://biologos.org

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 483. This week, the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhoods attack on a small
0:06.8	Texas church backfires, leading us into a conversation about God and gendered language.
0:12.6	Then the editor of World Magazine has left in protest as yet another evangelical institution takes
0:18.1	a sharp turn to the right. Are we witnessing the final fury of the dying religious right?
0:23.9	Then Phil talks to Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health,
0:29.3	and the founder of Biologas about whether science and faith can really be reconciled. Dr.
0:34.9	Collins shares about his journey from atheism to faith, his role in overseeing the country's
0:39.5	response to COVID-19, and why America's culture war is now literally killing people.
0:45.6	All of that, plus Phil was unknowingly on the late show with Stephen Colbert,
0:50.0	and a meaningless archaeological discovery in Michigan. Here's the Holy Post.
0:55.0	Hey there, welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. This is Phil Vissier. I am here with so
0:58.9	many amazing, wonderful people for a special episode that we're calling Holy Post at night,
1:04.6	because we couldn't record it during the afternoon, so it's 5.11 pm. Is that night?
1:11.9	That's night. It is now. It is here in the winter. It's a pressing. I am here with Kaitlyn
1:17.8	Shes. Hi Kaitlyn. Hi Phil. It's actually six o'clock for me, so it's definitely night. It's been
1:22.5	nightier. You're the nightiest of all of us. Skyjitani turned out his lights.
1:30.5	Off us to feel more nighty. This is like the late, late show at the nursing home.
1:38.4	Why? Why? At the nursing home. Because they have dinner at like three.
1:42.9	They go to bed early. I see. So right. Whatever. Hi Jason. Hey there.
1:55.3	How many miles do you walk today? Three and a half. It was so cold. It was 30 this morning.
2:04.4	Yeah. You're going to keep it up? Can you do it? Oh yeah.
2:07.9	All winner? Okay. Okay. All right. Well, with that in mind, here's the theme song.
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