P59 about science and changes in the view of things 'These disruptions can sometimes be wrenching for attempts to achieve a comfortable synthesis between science and faith, especially if the church has attached itself to a prior view of things and incorporated that into its core belief system.'

P57 Kant 'Two things fill me with constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more earnestly I reflect on them: the starry heavens without and the Moral Law within.' P42 Why Would a Loving God Allow Suffering in the World? quotes Lewis' Problem of Pain. P40 Voltaire: 'Is it any wonder that there are atheists in the world, when the church behaves so abominably?' a signpost placed deep within the human spirit pointing toward something much grander than ourselves?' P35 Isn't the Idea of God just wish fulfillment? Invokes Lewis' Surprised by Joy. P33 Paul Tillich 'Doubt isn't the opposite of faith it is an element of faith.'

That now lay in ruins as the argument from the Moral Law (and many other issues) forced me to admit the plausibility of the God hypothesis.' P30 'I had started this journey of intellectual exploration to confirm my atheism. P25-26 Impact of Lewis' discussion of 'moral law' upon his journey. P25 comments on Schindler and Mother Teresa P21 talk with Methodist minister who pointed him to Mere Christianity

P20 Interaction with dying woman which he credits with starting him on the path to faith. As medical student dealing with patients, often dying, and with a sustaining faith, led him to consider faith. Story of his journey from agnosticism to atheism and from chemistry to biology to genetics to medical school with a growing passion for genetics. P1 human genome 3 billion characters long. The Language of God The Language of God Francis Collins

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