How Francis Collins became a Christian

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  • čas přidán 30. 05. 2022
  • Dr Francis Collins shares his story of how he went from atheism to belief in God, and Christianity in particular (the author and apologist CS Lewis was influential).
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Komentáře • 124

  • @aut0mat1c11
    @aut0mat1c11 Před 2 lety +8

    Articulate, precise, cohesive and straight to the point.

  • @alda2086
    @alda2086 Před 2 lety +13

    This is so good. Thank you for sharing Francis and the Unbelievable team!

    • @joeadrian2860
      @joeadrian2860 Před 2 lety

      Thank you for sharing how this man is a baby killer advocate and a evolutionist right along with his buddy Tom wright. Collins is the "Christian" version of Fauci. With a "brother" like that, who needs real enemies. But what do I know, perhaps I listen to too much Harris, White and Wilson....

  • @cjdamage8918
    @cjdamage8918 Před 2 lety +6

    Thanks Justin. Love your work.

  • @khaldalshmry560
    @khaldalshmry560 Před 2 lety +1

    I hope you'll have a chat with biologist Kenneth Miller. Thanks Justin 😊👍🌺

  • @johnn6668
    @johnn6668 Před 2 lety +2

    Francis doesn’t seem to share the frozen three part waterfall confirming the Trinity story these days. I wonder why? /s

  • @user-ik7bh9pd5d
    @user-ik7bh9pd5d Před 4 měsíci

    Lewis' "Liar, Lunatic, or Lord" argument - which Collins is referring to - is deeply flawed.

  • @bitofwizdomb7266
    @bitofwizdomb7266 Před rokem

    Good ole Pascal’s wager

  • @theunclejesusshow8260
    @theunclejesusshow8260 Před 2 lety +2

    How do we know if He or anyone else is a Real Christian ✝️ 🤔 The answer, according to Jesus's own words is MARK16:17-20.

    • @nathanlloyd774
      @nathanlloyd774 Před 2 lety

      Go home

    • @joeadrian2860
      @joeadrian2860 Před 2 lety

      @@nathanlloyd774 that is not nice

    • @theunclejesusshow8260
      @theunclejesusshow8260 Před 2 lety +1

      @@nathanlloyd774 Your Home has No Content. We are waiting for Your new video.
      Hopefully, It will arrive before Jesus comes back 🙏🧙‍♂️👍

  • @spooky6902
    @spooky6902 Před 2 lety +2

    It's an argument from incredulity or ignorance. Any god can answer any question. It's a personification of the unknown

    • @thinkingandwondering4725
      @thinkingandwondering4725 Před 2 lety

      But is it true ?
      These is a Question and Yes we can be wrong but now, I think we're right.
      And that's the point, I couldn't knew anything about extra terrestrial religion or Mythologie but i knew something about terrestrial religion and Mythologie.
      And that's brings me to the point that Christianity is true.
      So I am a Christian.

    • @spooky6902
      @spooky6902 Před 2 lety

      @@thinkingandwondering4725 not sure what you mean. God is a panacea answer to any question. Any question you can think of, God can answer it. That isnt good reason to believe it

    • @ceceroxy2227
      @ceceroxy2227 Před 2 lety +2

      thats not true at all. Only a God that is immaterial, necessary eternal, timeless, immaterial, and that is goodness itself can explain everything

    • @ceceroxy2227
      @ceceroxy2227 Před 2 lety +1

      @@spooky6902 thats not true, God cant answer everything, God can answer why something exists rather than nothing, why the universe is orderly, why humans are important and why it matters whether we live a good life or evil life, God can answer many of the important questions which all lead to us to God, the one's who are truly seeking, the reality is many of run in the other direction for their own autonomous selfish desires which get the best of alot of us.

    • @spooky6902
      @spooky6902 Před 2 lety

      @@ceceroxy2227 what question can't a God explanation answer? Magic fairies can explain existence, order, and morality.

  • @Yohansanto81
    @Yohansanto81 Před 2 lety

    So he's only here because of cs Lewis?

    • @danbailey2964
      @danbailey2964 Před 2 lety

      Yeah. C.S. lead him to J.C. It all makes sense in the christian apologist world. keep it simple, stupid....don't question anything...just go with the program and you'll be just fine.

    • @joeadrian2860
      @joeadrian2860 Před 2 lety +4

      @@danbailey2964 you make very little of that sense you're talking about...

    • @danbailey2964
      @danbailey2964 Před 2 lety

      @@joeadrian2860 Tell my what doesn't makes sense. The inconsistency of 'if he gets one thing wrong then he's wrong on everything'? Or the fact that the bible is inconsistent and has errors?

    • @gjeacocke
      @gjeacocke Před 2 lety +2

      @@danbailey2964 the bible has errors? what errors are we talking about here? so your reasoning has concluded the specific errors are more important than what is going on?

    • @joeadrian2860
      @joeadrian2860 Před 2 lety +1

      @@gjeacocke bailey isn't interested in really knowing, just arguing. Don't bother wasting your effort by throwing beautiful pearls before swine. If there was some genuineness there then it would be different

  • @joeadrian2860
    @joeadrian2860 Před 2 lety +14

    I don't believe this man one bit. He says all the right words. But thankfully God is our just judge and not me

  • @ireneavramidis526
    @ireneavramidis526 Před 2 lety +6

    I don't believe anything out of Collins mouth.

  • @davethebrahman9870
    @davethebrahman9870 Před 2 lety +1

    Modern Christians don’t follow the teachings of Jesus, or Paul. They follow C S Lewis. This is probably a good thing. For example, most now seem to think people choose to go to hell, which is much nicer than what is claimed in the Bible. Very decent fellow, Lewis, it’s a shame that the early loss of his mother gave him such a desperate need for love that he couldn’t resist the pabulum of religion.

    • @nemea6698
      @nemea6698 Před 2 lety +2

      What do you even mean? Its always been this way yes you either choose good or evil, heaven or hell ( free will) has always been part of christianity and judaism since genesis ( meaning the beginning) so i have no idea what you mean.

    • @joeadrian2860
      @joeadrian2860 Před 2 lety

      @@nemea6698 don't forget the part where Jesus said to his disciples: "you didn't choose me but I chose you to go.....". If you have sin nature then you never choose what is good unless Christ reveals himself to you. Only then is your will FREE to chose what is right.

    • @davethebrahman9870
      @davethebrahman9870 Před 2 lety

      @@nemea6698 Surely you must be aware that many Christians don’t believe in free will at all? Haven’t you heard Christians say that God doesn’t send people to hell, and that is is merely a state of being apart from God? None of that is scriptural.

    • @davethebrahman9870
      @davethebrahman9870 Před 2 lety +1

      @@joeadrian2860 Can’t you see that’s nonsense? If God chooses you or not, how can you resist him? Read Romans 9.

    • @joeadrian2860
      @joeadrian2860 Před 2 lety +1

      @@davethebrahman9870 don't read Romans out of context. And no it's actually not nonsense at all. Just because someone wrote an autobiography doesn't mean you actually "know" them. That is why the scriptures can say (in Romans) that the gospel is the stench of death who are perishing yet it is the aroma of life to those being saved. Do we save ourselves? Or does God save us...and we just take it from there? So you believe in a deist God? Or a God that actually saves you?