John Polkinghorne

Epistemology models ontology. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#science #religion

Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#chance #come #contingency #happens #historical

I was very much on the mathematical side, where you probably do your best work before you're forty-five. Having passed that significant date, I thought I would do something else. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#best #best work #date #do your best #else

I'm a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality - one world of our experience that we're seeking to describe. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#describe #experience #i #knowledge #our

At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#present #theological #thinking #too #too much

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

#christ #churches #creation #divine #divine nature

I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#christian #classical #creation #creator #distinction

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

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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

#certainly #experience #many #revolutions #science

Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#course #earth #evolution #here #life