God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.
John PolkinghorneI need the binocular approach of science and religion if I am to do any sort of justice to the deep and rich reality of the world in which we live.
John PolkinghorneScience and religion...are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there's a feeling throughout our society that religious belief is outmoded, or downright impossible, in a scientific age. I don't agree. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that if people in this so-called 'scientific age' knew a bit more about science than many of them actually do, they'd find it easier to share my views.
John Polkinghorne