People increasingly ask me about Francis Collins’s opposition of ID and what to make of it. The short answer is, “Though a Christian, Collins is a thorough-going Darwinist, implacably opposes ID, asserts that it has been discredited scientifically, yet gives little evidence of understanding ID’s main arguments and refuses to engage proponents of ID in public discourse.” For the longer answer, see the following replies to Collins by ID proponents:
Biography of Collins:
http://www.discovery.org/a/10491
Jonathan Wells, “Darwin of the Gaps: A Review of The Language of God by Francis S. Collins”
http://www.discovery.org/a/4529
Jonathan Witt, “Random Acts of Design and Francis Collins”
http://www.discovery.org/a/3795
[originally at:] http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=19-08-032-f
David Klinghoffer, “Facing Darwin and the Deity”
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Protected/Articles/000/000/012/542pbkmy.asp
Denyse O’Leary, multi-part review
http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2006/11/book-review-language-of-god-and.html
Steve Fuller, “God and science: You just can�t please everyone”
https://uncommondescent.com/evolution/steve-fuller-reviews-francis-collins/
Tony Jelsma, book review of Collins in Pro Rege
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/9/2397423/Jelsma%202008%20Book%20Review%20of%20Francis%20Collins%20The%20Language%20of%20God%20-%20Pro%20Rege%20v36n3pp41-42.pdf
[originally here: https://www.dordt.edu/publications/pro_rege]
Logan Paul Gage, “The Conflicted Mind of Francis Collins on Intelligent Design”
http://www.discovery.org/a/3749
Logan Paul Gage, “Francis Collins Handles Universal Acid Like Baby Formula”
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/02/national_geographic_recently_p.html
Logan Paul Gage, “Francis Collins on Square Circles”
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/11/francis_collins_on_square_circ.html
Casey Luskin and Logan Paul Gage, “A Reply to Francis Collins’s Darwinian Arguments for Common Ancestry of Apes and Humans”
http://www.ideacenter.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/640ee5bfb01620f5eacd6675a51bc119/miscdocs/id101_franciscollinsrebuttal.pdf
Casey Luskin, “Francis Collins and the Myth of Junk-DNA”
http://www.salvomag.com/new/articles/salvo6/6luskin.php
Casey Luskin, “Loss of Function in Stickleback Fish = Loss of Another Argument for ‘Macroevolution’ for Francis Collins”
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2009/01/loss_of_function_in_sticklebac.html
Casey Luskin, “Francis Collins, Karl Giberson, and Books and Culture Promote Misconceptions About Intelligent Design, Falsifiability & Junk DNA”
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2009/08/francis_collins_karl_giberson.html
Casey Luskin, “Francis Collins’ Hear-No-Evil, See-No-Evil Approach to Persecution of ID Proponents”
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2009/08/francis_collins_via_books_and.html
Casey Luskin, “Francis Collins and the Overselling of Evolution”
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2009/08/francis_collins_oversells_the.html