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John F. Pohl

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Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah DThM, Northwind Theological Seminary Professionally, I’m an academic pediatric gastroenterologist. I’m very interested in research evaluating the intersection of science and religion. https://johnfpohlmd.blog

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The Big Island in Hawaii is always beautiful.

03.12.2025 06:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A Great Maxwell Quote Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My newest post, “A Great Maxwell Quote” is now on Substack.
#God #theology #science

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02.12.2025 01:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Theology Journal Club! Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My newest post, “Theology Journal Club!” is now on Substack. #God #science #theology

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24.11.2025 00:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have been reading (well, via the Audible app) Shelby Foote's "The Civil War." The number of soldiers knocked out of active service due to measles outbreaks often numbered in the thousands. Yet, 21st century people somehow still question the validity of vaccinations. Unreal. #medicine

20.11.2025 00:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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It is amazing that I can be contacted by someone typing in Russian about some of my theology work and then I can respond in Russian using AI translation. I think his comment was about my work, but it could’ve been about how to treat constipation. 💩

18.11.2025 16:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We Want Religoius Certainty: That is a Problem Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My newest post, “We Want Religious Certainty: That is a Problem” is now on Substack.
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#God #science #theology

17.11.2025 21:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rare sighting of the Aurora Borealis (northern lights) in our neighborhood tonight. Super cool. #Utah

12.11.2025 03:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Faith and the Microbial World (Jesus Poops!): A Conversation with Dr. John Pohl Podcast Episode · The Whole Church Podcast · 11/05/2025 · 1h 18m

I had a blast talking on The Whole Church podcast! We discussed science, faith, and my book (“A Theology of the Microbiome”)
#theology #science #God
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06.11.2025 22:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Pediatric Patients Receiving Infliximab - Practical Gastro The treatment of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has improved markedly with the use of biologic therapy which includes such medications as infliximab. Although infliximab has been used for ...

My newest post for "From the Pediatric Literature in the journal, Practical Gastroenterology. #medicine #pediatric #gastroenterology

"Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Pediatric Patients Receiving Infliximab"

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05.11.2025 19:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They have a $27 million dollar deficit for the entire university, but they are paying their football coach an average of $11 million per year.

05.11.2025 18:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Can One Deduce God? No.* Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My new post, “Can One Deduce God? No.*” is now on Substack. #Theology #God #Science
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04.11.2025 18:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Idea of lim Δ and the Logic of Cellular Life Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My new post, “The Idea of lim Δ and the Logic of Cellular Life” in now on Substack. #science #theology #God

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26.10.2025 22:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We had a pretty sunset tonight. #Utah

20.10.2025 03:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Starting to get some snow on Mount Olympus, while the leaves change. #Utah

16.10.2025 19:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Morality Musings Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My new post, “Morality Musings”, is now on Substack. #God #Theology #Science

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15.10.2025 20:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My Sunday Sermon Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My new post, “My Sunday Sermon” is on Substack. My recent sermon was titled, “Faith and Science. Faith and Love.” #God #theology #science
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05.10.2025 19:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Physico-Theology Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My newest post, "Physico-Theology" is now on Substack. #theology #science #God open.substack.com/pub/johnpohl...

30.09.2025 17:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I was honored to be an chapter author in this new book that discusses ways to renew Christian faith without the baggage of today’s nonsense issues. Some of you may know that I am interested in teaching religious people that science done well is gift from God. #theology #science

24.09.2025 22:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Future of Vaccine Policy in America with Politicized ACIP HY Chu et al. NEJM 2025; 398: 817-822. The Path Forward for Vaccine Policy in the United States This commentary was published on 7/30/25 and was written by the 17 voting members of the ACIP who wer…

Excellent read: "The Future of Vaccine Policy in America with Politicized ACIP"
#medicine

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22.09.2025 01:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A Short Lament About Our Species Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My newest post, “A Short Lament About Our Species” is now on Substack. #God #theology #science
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17.09.2025 23:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What to do with Blue? Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My new post, “What to do with Blue?” is now on Substack. #God #science #theology
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14.09.2025 17:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What Did the COVID Pandemic Do to Our Minds? - JSTOR Daily The pandemic’s transformation of daily lives around the world led to a loss of the bodily feeling of social trust across entire communities at once.

Short interesting article about loss of trust among each other after the horrific COVID-19 pandemic. daily.jstor.org/what-did-the...

11.09.2025 20:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Theology Journal Club! Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My new post "Theology Book Club!" is now on Substack.
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#God #theology #science

08.09.2025 01:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“The Broken Promises of Profit-Driven Medicine” N Tomes. NEJM 2025; 393: 521-524. A Gilded Age for Patients? The Broken Promises of Profit-Driven Medicine This article (one of several in a series) describes the development of the current corpora…

"Guts and Growth" is an excellent medical blog. The recent post ("The Broken Promises of Profit-Driven Medicine") is quite good. #medicine
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07.09.2025 22:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dinosaur National Monument, Fossils, and God Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My new post, “Dinosaur National Monument, Fossils, and God” is now on Substack. #God #science #theology
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05.09.2025 20:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Let me guess…🤮

27.08.2025 19:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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And somehow, just somehow, I managed to take this picture of a bald eagle catching a rockfish with my iPhone. Unreal.

26.08.2025 18:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I spent the past week fishing in northern British Columbia. Just so beautiful there with minimal presence of humans. I took this picture of two orcas.

26.08.2025 18:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Beauty, Death, and God Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings

My new post, “Beauty, Death, and God”, is now on Substack. #theology #science
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16.08.2025 22:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When Christians use force and coercion, they aren’t being Christian.

15.08.2025 02:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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