10. Polkinghorne - book one

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when do problems occur

when religion makes claims that depend on scientific evidence

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who is polkinghorne

english physicist

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what did polkinghorne reject

the divide between rel and science

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whats his first book

science and creation

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what does he say in his first book

the jobs of rel and sci is the same

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how does he say sci and rel are the same

the universe is understandable to us and we are the product of it

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what do we have to inquire

why the cosmological constants are so fine-tuned that they created beings capable of understanding the universe

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what does the fact that we are here suggest

there is an anthropic principle

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how does multiverse theory trivialise the anthropic principle

some universes must be ordered by chance, but there r unobservable universes

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what does natural theology use

the insights of science to get a clearer understanding of the world

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what does polkinghorne conclude

the rationality of the universe is the rationality of the universe

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when would polkinghorne be correct

if this is the only universe

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what type of theory is string theory

a speculative and metaphysical theory

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what is god

speculative and metaphysical

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what does his dismissal of multiverse theory look like

he wants to cut out a major objection to his views

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what did penrose and gurzadyan find

radiation suggests signs of an universe before ours

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what do these findings about radiation show

we may be the intended product of repeated cycles

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