John Polkinghorne Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

“The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life. Without it there would not have been the chemical materials to allow life to evolve here on earth.”

“If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that.”

“Well, it's because I gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which I think are not tied to all the details of process thought, and are very illuminating and helpful.”

“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.”

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