One of those experiences happened when I joined a scientific study on phage viruses to treat my Pseudomonas infection, which had become completely resistant to all antibiotics and was ravaging my lungs and sinuses. In order to qualify for the phage virus study, I had to have permission from my doctors, as well as the scientists running the study to continue. One of the people who signed my paperwork was Dr. Francis Collins: the head of the NIH at the time, as well as the doctor who helped discover the specific gene that caused Cystic Fibrosis (I still don’t know how my mom got him to do that, but that’s besides the point). And guess what? Dr. Collins wrote a book describing how his career in science led him to God!

I didn’t read his book until years later. But the very fact that this extremely brilliant, kind-hearted biological scientist- who found the time to give me permission to try a medical therapy that literally saved my life- was also a deeply devoted Christian, caught my attention enough to make me reconsider my lack of faith. Very long, convoluted story short, here I am today: a devout (although very cautious) Christian who will soon be majoring in Biology. 

But that brings me back to my original question: Why are so many scientists, especially very famous scientists I keep learning about in college, so strictly atheistic? Or at the very least, are agnostic and extremely critical of religion? 

Well… I think the answer to my question lies somewhere in today’s increasingly secular culture. 

To be continued… maybe.