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 Knowledge
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 Science
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 Science
Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about. -John Polkinghorne Chance
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. -John Polkinghorne Science
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 History
Of course, Einstein was a very great scientist indeed, and I have enormous respect for him, and great admiration for the discoveries he made. But he was very committed to a view of the objectivity of the physical world. -John Polkinghorne Respect
