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John Polkinghorne
 on January 16, 2012

From the Dust: Requiring Certainty

Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne says that, “In our contemporary society, people want absolute certainty about things.” Fundamentalism is unfortunately a means by which people attempt to construct this.

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Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne says that, “In our contemporary society, people want absolute certainty about things.” Fundamentalism is unfortunately a means by which people attempt to construct this.

Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne states that, “In our contemporary society, people want black and white answers…they want absolute certainty about things.” Fundamentalism is then discussed as a means by which people attempt to construct those black and white answers.