Francis Collin's Templeton Prize Ceremony

All the speeches from the ceremony can now be found with a search of “Collins Templeton Prize” on YouTube, including the congratulatory comments made by NT Wright, Jane Goodall, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Surgeon General Jerome Adams, as well as the musical interludes with Renee Fleming

His acceptance speech was beautiful, about our need to find harmony.

In the 1st few minutes he talks about his experiences and search that led him to become a Christian, which is relevant to parts of the original discussion being had on The Validity of Christian Religious Experiences
Toward the end he talks about his friendship with atheist Christopher Hitchens, which is a great example of how to understand and develop good relationships with people you disagree with.

I also enjoyed the other related “bio sketch” type videos they made about his life and work for the prize ceremony:

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