Can a scientist believe in God?

Eli: Someone told me you can't do real science and believe in God.

Eli: I get it: science explains so much, God can feel unnecessary.

Eli: Yet Georges Lemaître, a Catholic priest, proposed the "primeval atom," now seen as the first Big Bang theory.

Eli: Francis Collins led the Human Genome Project, then the National Institutes of Health.

Eli: He wrote a bestseller making his case for belief.

Eli: Does that settle whether God exists? No, I won't pretend it does.

Eli: But you needn't choose between the lab and faith.

Eli: It's not tidy: Lemaître once wrote an essay trying to reconcile Genesis with science, and later said that approach was invalid.

Eli: The Bible's Psalms have a line that fits.

Eli: Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.

Eli: If you're curious about Jesus, read one of the Gospels.

Eli: Or ask God honestly if he's there, or talk with a Christian friend.