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I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation.


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It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology.

It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology.



At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered.

At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered.



Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.

Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.



God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.

God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.



I need the binocular approach of science and religion if I am to do any sort of justice to the deep and rich reality of the world in which we live.

I need the binocular approach of science and religion if I am to do any sort of justice to the deep and rich reality of the world in which we live.



Hope is much more than a mood. It involves a commitment to action.... What we hope for should be what we are prepared to work for...as far as that power lies in us.

Hope is much more than a mood. It involves a commitment to action.... What we hope for should be what we are prepared to work for...as far as that power lies in us.



The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents.

The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents.



God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.

God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.



Quantum theory also tells us that the world is not simply objective; somehow it's something more subtle than that. In some sense it is veiled from us, but it has a structure that we can understand.

Quantum theory also tells us that the world is not simply objective; somehow it's something more subtle than that. In some sense it is veiled from us, but it has a structure that we can understand.



Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe.

Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe.





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So, have a little fun. Soon enough you'll be dead and burning in Hell with the rest of your family.

So, have a little fun. Soon enough you'll be dead and burning in Hell with the rest of your family.



But I have come to learn there is no peace while others suffer.

But I have come to learn there is no peace while others suffer.



The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.



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I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts that actors give you, and you cut them.



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The audience is a big part of the show.



Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.

Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.



Even as age humbles me it feeds my arrogance. There is still nothing that interests me as much as myself.

Even as age humbles me it feeds my arrogance. There is still nothing that interests me as much as myself.



God alone is the author of all the motions in the world.

God alone is the author of all the motions in the world.



I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.




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