John Polkinghorne

Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons and electrons. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#electrons #entities #like #nevertheless #physics

Quantum theory also tells us that the world is not simply objective; somehow it's something more subtle than that. In some sense it is veiled from us, but it has a structure that we can understand. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#more #objective #quantum #sense #simply

So Whitehead's metaphysics doesn't fit very well on to physics as we understand the process of the world. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#metaphysics #physics #process #understand #very

Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science's story. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#beginning #creation #doctrine #pay #science

Well, it's because I gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which I think are not tied to all the details of process thought, and are very illuminating and helpful. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#because #details #gladly #helpful #i

Whitehead reacted strongly against the idea of God as a cosmic tyrant, one who brings about everything. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#against #brings #cosmic #everything #god

Yes, I was a parish priest for five years. I was a curate in a large working class parish in Bristol and the Vicar of a village in Kent. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#class #curate #five #i #kent

It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#epistemology #faithfulness #god #model