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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of cr

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

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Im a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality – one world of our experience that were seeking to describe. – John Polkinghorne

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Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you cant construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history. – John Polkinghorne

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Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to sciences story. – John Polkinghorne

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