After all, the universe required ten billion years of evolution before life was even possible; the evolution of the stars and the evolving of new chemical elements in the nuclear furnaces of the stars were indispensable prerequisites for the generation of life. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
I also think we need to maintain distinctions – the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
If the experience of science teaches anything, it’s that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn’t leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I’d done my bit for it after about twenty-five years. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
Whitehead reacted strongly against the idea of God as a cosmic tyrant, one who brings about everything. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science’s story. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
So Whitehead’s metaphysics doesn’t fit very well on to physics as we understand the process of the world. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
I think it’s very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation. John Polkinghorne Read Quote
