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[Unedited] John Polkinghorne with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Shadow Side of Creation

Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. People think that was a great part in the way between science and religion. But it's quite untrue, he says. A lot of scientists had doubts about Darwin actually for a while. And some of the religious people from the start said God could no doubt have snapped the divine fingers and brought into being a ready-made world. 'But God had done something clever than that' He adds: 'God has made a world in which creatures can make themselves'

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