I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years. John Polkinghorne bitecareerdisillusion Change image and share on social
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 beingbillionculture share on social
Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe. John Polkinghorne applyearthevolution Change image and share on social
I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation. John Polkinghorne christianclassicalcreation Change image and share on social
At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered. John Polkinghorne centerhumanpresent Change image and share on social
However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature. John Polkinghorne christchurchcreation Change image and share on social
It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology. John Polkinghorne epistemologyfaithfulnessgod Change image and share on social
I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. John Polkinghorne assimilateconceptcosmology share on social
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 accountagecharacter share on social
Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons and electrons. John Polkinghorne electronentityphysic Change image and share on social
