Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.
John PolkinghorneGod is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.
John PolkinghorneAfter 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