Quote by John Polkinghorne
Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creati

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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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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Age
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If the experience of science teaches anything, its that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that. – John Polkinghorne

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Experience
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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

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Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them. – Abraham Flexner, Universities, 1930

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My personal feeling about science fiction is that its always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world. – Elizabeth Moon

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The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection. – Mike Johanns

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A snowflake is one of Gods most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together! – Anon.

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