Week7, John Polkinghorne

John Polkinghorne is a distinguished scientist who became ordained intothe Christianity community as a pastor in 19997. I want to say that Ienjoyed his lecture because be is the first person who did not demeanorGod but instead explained that God all mighty is the creator andscience is helpful in some ways but is not totally responsible foreverything. For example he states "that the difference between thecreator and creation: the religious belief is the problem of evil andsuffering in the world. The more you identify God with the world hmore intense the problem becomes. Many things happen in the world thatare contrary to Gods world but are allowed to happen because thecreator is separated from creation which is allowing creation to beitself and makes itself. The more you make God identical to connect withcreation the more puzzling it becomes." I think he clarifies this to thepoint because God already knows what he has planned for each andeveryone of us, but the problems that have occurred or are occurring,are solely caused by human nature. We can’t blame everything on Godbecause he gives us the intelligence to use our decisions wisely. Ifwe are constantly pointing the finger at God for every bad situation,than there must be something wrong.Of course, science is necessary to a certain point. It has helpedscientist to identify issues such as DNA, cancer, AIDS and so forth,but God has given them the ability and gift to catch these thingsbefore it gets worse and has given them the knowledge to help others.I agree that "God can do what God wishes to do, but there are manythings that God can't do and wouldnt wish to do," which is science. Ienjoyed his lecture because many of us can agree with him withoutdisrespecting religion or science in any way. This lecture wasdifferent than all the other expert lectures because he is anintelligent person who is a professional but as well as a religiousperson.