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[Unedited] John Polkinghorne with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The God of the Gaps Argument

The God of the Gaps argument has been used by religious people for a long time. But Charles Darwin showed that science can't explain everything, he says. The most contemptuous criticism you make of somebody to say they're wrong is "you are not trying to do that" We've learned something and I think we've learned something that is still logically helpful," writes David Frum.

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