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Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.


Kenneth L. Pike


#contexts #discourse #fruitful #normal #requires

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


John Polkinghorne


#present #theological #thinking #too #too much

Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history.


John Polkinghorne


#age #cannot #character #construct #cosmic

Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a few thousand years of human culture rather than the fifteen billion years of the history of the universe.


John Polkinghorne


#beings #billion #course #culture #deny

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


#conceptual #course #especially #familiarize #good

Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's a sense in which every human inquiry is grist to the theological mill. Obviously, no theologian can know everything.


John Polkinghorne


#because #every #everything #god #great

As the economy faces such difficulties, more tough questions need to be asked about what the Tories would do if elected. Their ideology of free markets and small government needs challenging. That has to be part of our job.


Lucy Powell


#asked #challenging #difficulties #economy #elected

There isn't a theologian in the world who can argue with me on this. God has no gender. If that's the case, then everything needs to be rewritten now, right now.


Susan Powter


#case #everything #gender #god #me

Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.


Paul Prudhomme


#by the people #city #communities #created #creole

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.


Manuel Puig


#careful #certain #essential #hands #his






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