This chapter looks at the role that the idea of a soul plays in eschatology this chapter was a difficult one although I could see the point behind discussing what survives to live on with God there are perhaps something’s that we will never know until they occur. The chase for what the soul is has been carried out for as long as there has been science. With some very dangerous results. One novel that deals with this issue is “The Lucifer Code – Michael Cody”.
Polkinghorne postulates all sorts of Mathematical and Physiological thoughts on this topic none of which really grasp the mystery of what the Soul is.
One section that I did find useful in this chapter though was the idea of praying for the dead and the reason churchs do or do not prayer for the deceased. Coming from a Methodist background we do not pray for the dead and it was interesting to read Polkinghornes thoughts on prayer :-
“We are not involved in an instrumental manipulation on their behalf (the deceased),…..Prayer is always mutual participation in grace and never the exercise of a quasi-magical power.”
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