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A Tale of Two Christian Doctors: Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, by Jules Gomes – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

A Tale of Two Christian Doctors: Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, by Jules Gomes

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By Jules Gomes, The Stream, December 19, 2024

Dr. Jules Gomes, (BA, BD, MTh, PhD), has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

 

How God brings down the mighty from their thrones and exalts those of humble estate

It was the worst of times. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the horsemen of the atheist Apocalypse led by the Oxford biologist Richard Dawkins were marching through the hallowed halls of academia. While writing my doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge, I trembled at the thundering of their horses’ hooves.

Could I challenge the icy winds of anti-Christian snobbery that blew my way when I shared the Gospel with university dons at high table after I had preached at different Cambridge college chapels for Evensong? Wouldn’t the scientists gently scoff at my belief in Hebrew fairy tales? …

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