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 PolkinghorneI think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation.
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 PolkinghorneI'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 PolkinghorneThe remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which itself can provide. Religion, if it is to take seriously its claim that the world is the creation of god, must be humble enough to learn from science what that world is actually like. The dialogue between them can only be mutually enriching.
John Polkinghorne