Rev. John Polkinghorne (b. 1930), Ph.D.; Knight of the British Empire; Fellow of the Royal Society; former Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge and President of Queen\u2019s College, Cambridge; prolific author on physics and on religion and science; and ordained priest in the Church of England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we are seeking to serve the God of truth then we should really welcome truth from whatever source it comes. We shouldn\u2019t fear the truth. Some of it will be from science, obviously, but by no means all of it. It will sometimes be perplexing, how this bit of truth relates to that bit of truth; we know that within science itself often enough, and we find it outside of science as well. The crucial thing is to be honest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nSir John Polkinghorne, Ph.D.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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