Sir John Polkinghorne, former professor of mathematical physics at the University of Cambridge, Anglican priest, Fellow of the Royal Society, and past president of Queens College, Cambridge \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
When you realize that the laws of nature must be incredibly finely tuned to produce the universe we see, that conspires to plant the idea that the universe did not just happen, but that there must be a purpose behind it.<\/p>\n
Sir John Polkinghorne<\/p>\n
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