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John Polkinghorne quotes: It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology.

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

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

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

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

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

John Polkinghorne quotes: 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.

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

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

John Polkinghorne quotes: Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.

Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.

John Polkinghorne quotes: Whitehead reacted strongly against the idea of God as a cosmic tyrant, one who brings about everything.

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

John Polkinghorne quotes: I 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

I 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 Polkinghorne quotes: God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.

God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.

John Polkinghorne quotes: God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.

God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.

John Polkinghorne quotes: I'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.

I'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 Polkinghorne quotes: The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents.

The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents.

John Polkinghorne quotes: Epistemology models ontology.

Epistemology models ontology.

John Polkinghorne quotes: I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation.

I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation.

John Polkinghorne quotes: Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe.

Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe.