Science Cannot Tell Theology How To Construct

People, And Especially Theologians, Should Try To Familiarize Themselves With Scientific Ideas. Of Course, Science Is Technical In Many Respects, But There Are Some Very Good Books That Try To Set Out Some Of The Conceptual Structure Of Science.

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.

Bottom Up Thinkers Try To Start From Experience And Move From Experience To Understanding. They Don't Start With Certain General Principles They Think Beforehand Are Likely To Be True; They Just Hope To Find Out What Reality Is Like.

The Rational Transparency And Beauty Of The Universe Are Surely Too Remarkable To Be Treated As Just Happy Accidents.

Yes, I Was A Parish Priest For Five Years. I Was A Curate In A Large Working Class Parish In Bristol And The Vicar Of A Village In Kent.