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After all, the universe required ten billion years of evolution before life was even possible; the evolution of the stars and the evolving of new…

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When you realize that the laws of nature must be incredibly finely tuned to produce the universe we see, that conspires to…
Science and religion...are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there's a feeling…
The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter…
Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe.
I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation.
Bottom up thinkers try to start from experience and move from experience to understanding. They don't start with certain general principles they…
Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum…
I'm a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality - one world of our experience…
The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than…
Well, it's because I gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which I think are not tied to…
Of course, Einstein was a very great scientist indeed, and I have enormous respect for him, and great admiration for the discoveries…
I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should…

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Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millenia, and it has been another… — Daniel Dennett
Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years. — Alex Haley
Each of us knew that the journey to exaltation would be long, strenuous, and sometimes lonely, but we also knew that we… — Keith K. Hilbig
The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny. — Frank Lebby Stanton
The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded. — Unknown Author
Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player — Mike Krzyzewski
Significant inventions are not mere accidents. The erroneous view [that they are] is widely held, and it is one that the scientific… — Unknown Author
You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it.… — Bruce Mau
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