John Polkinghorne - All Things New?

Many religions envision a radical transformation of reality. The supernatural intervention of God or God-like forces changes everything. What, conceivably, could this new reality be? What, conceivably, could happen next, and next, and next, and then after that, into eternity?

[MGarmeson]

God loves us all infinitely, and there is nothing ever to fear

[sonamoo]

I am so please to hear from Dr. Polkinghorne in this matter. I have been struggling with the question "If my physical body gets dispersed to nature by death, how will God resurrect me as me?" I think of a single cell that contains the information of a life form, and it is not too difficult to believe that God has a way to keep the 'information bearing pattern' of myself for the resurrection day. By the way, doesn't the Book of Revelation talk about the 'book of life' on which all about us will be written?

[ivorfaulkner]

“For now we see in a mirror, darkly, but then face to face”( St.Paul. Corinthians 12)

[gunner]

My son as a small boy explained to me that religion tells us why whereas science explains how! This explanation expands on that wonderfully! This is my interpretation of everything, string theory, particle and quantum physics and faith!

[gunner]

Wonderful man scientist and conservative evangelicals, listen and bloody well learn! Scientists will get there in the end! Thank you sir!

[ReformedR]

I like that idea of the two step process of creation that's the beauty of God

[kelechiosuoji]

Could the spirit be the proper atomic combination?

[charlesbrightman]

2nd law of thermodynamics exception:
I mix vinegar, oil and water together, then let it sit still. Order comes from disorder.

[MrBillyshaw]

Union with the divine life, what's that?

[perttiheinikko]

Polkinghorne's a hundred times more intelligent than me, but still I just don't understand his beliefs. I have nothing against Christianity but to me it's another planet. It's fascinating and even beautiful, but I could never live there.

[YarokRenugacka]

Most of the questions discussed in this interview are on the same level with the question "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin"

[AtheismActually]

This makes no sense at all. Why did God need to re-use parts from existing Jesus body to make new Jesus body? If Jesus had been cremated instead, would God have had to draw together and reassemble every dispersed molecule from the incineration? If not, why did Jesus have to resurrected at/in the tomb, and the "old" body done away with in the process? One would think Jesus' new body would not be bound to being somehow reconstituted from his corpse, especially if it were made of some kind of matter that was no longer subject to the laws of physics?

[bltwegmann]

That's an awful lot of speculation crammed into 12 minutes.

[publiusovidius]

lol. Pure mythological wish-fulfillment talking there. There's no evidence for god. Just that we think such a being should exist to give our lives meaning which they don't intrinsically have. That's all that's going on here. And then pretending that that kind of mythologizing is some kind of special knowledge. How sad!