It seldom seems to strike the ultra-Darwinists that theology might have its own richness and subtleties, and might-strange thought-actually tell us things about the world that are not only to our real advantage, but will never be revealed by science. (Simon Conway Morris)

It seldom seems to strike the ultra-Darwinists that theology might have its own richness and subtleties, and might-strange thought-actually tell us things about the world that are not only to our real advantage, but will never be revealed by science.

Simon Conway Morris

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