- Theological Influences: - [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]] - [[Paul Tillich]] - [[Wolfhart Pannenberg]] - Scientific Influences: - association with [[David Deutsch]] - Tipler joked that the theologian, [[Wolfhart Pannenberg]], accepted the essential Christian nature of his [[Omega Point Theory]] but questioned the science, while the scientist [[David Deutsch]] accepted the science but questioned the theology. -