We all tend to think that if we had been in charge of creation we would have kept all the nice things and discarded all the bad ones. The more we learn scientifically how the world works, the more clearly we see that this is just not possible, for fruitfulness and destructiveness, order and chaos, are inextricably intertwined. John Polkinghorne My teeth are wearing out. A few weeks ago I had a filling renewed. The tooth probably won’t survive another patch-up-and-mend. A couple of years ago, its neighbour was extracted, the dentist and I being jittery about root-canal work. I... Read more →
