People, And Especially Theologians, Should Try To

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.

Of Course, Nobody Would Deny The Importance Of Human Beings For Theological Thinking, But The Time Span Of History That Theologians Think About Is A Few Thousand Years Of Human Culture Rather Than The Fifteen Billion Years Of The History Of The Universe.

The Test Of A Theory Is Its Ability To Cope With All The Relevant Phenomena, Not Its A Priori 'reasonableness'. The Latter Would Have Proved A Poor Guide In The Development Of Science, Which Often Makes Progress By Its Encounter With The Totally Unexpected And Initially Extremely Puzzling.

Evolution, Of Course, Is Not Something That Simply Applies To Life Here On Earth; It Applies To The Whole Universe.

Science Cannot Tell Theology How To Construct A Doctrine Of Creation, But You Can't Construct A Doctrine Of Creation Without Taking Account Of The Age Of The Universe And The Evolutionary Character Of Cosmic History.