In March 2009 the Pope reinforced his view that the theory of evolution is compatible with a Christian understanding of humankind.Read more here.
In March 2009 the Pope reinforced his view that the theory of evolution is compatible with a Christian understanding of humankind.
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ReplyDeleteI don't want to stifle debate but if we could make our comments in such a way that is not likely to cause offence otherwise we are missing the point of what this Blog is about.
ReplyDeleteIntelligent, reasoned and challenging debate from those with an interest in Theology, philosophy and ethics - not a slanging match.
I'm not pointing fingers - just a reminder - any offensive or inflammatory comments simply won't get published.
The topic of the article was whether Catholics, and maybe religious people in general, can accept the science of creation/evolution without undermining their faith - the Pope thinks they can.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think?
You're always going to offend someone. For example, you offended me by taking down perfectly valid comments. I'm happy for people to challenge and 'offend' me, and I'll defend their right to do so.
ReplyDeleteThanks for infringing our free speech in the name of 'you might offend someone.'
As for whether it was a 'slanging match,' as you so put it, that's your personal opinion.
You are quite right that just about anything can be found offensive and on those grounds we would say nothing - not much of a discussion!
ReplyDeleteApologies for causing you offence but the comments stay off as they were off topic.
So what about religious people and evolution? There is another related article in 'older posts' that have a couple more links.
Religious people, in general, are smart, whether what they believe is smart or not. Religious people generally believe in evolution because there's overwhelming evidence that it's true, and only the Creationists try to debunk this (and fail, incidently, search "why do people laugh at Creationists?" on youtube, and watch some of Thunderf00ts video).
ReplyDeleteWhilst I think the Pope is hypocritical and incredibly damaging, at least he's not telling our children that talking snakes really exist.