[Kamil24]

Not new, St. John Paul II backed evolution.

[Grumpy Gills]

Dark sided!!!!!!!!!!!! crucify ha

[newwil7l]

Catholics have always backed up evolution and the big bang. And never looked down on science. They don't take the bible literally word for word but just use it for morals and guidance

[Grumpy Gills]

Originally posted by newwil7l

Catholics have always backed up evolution and the big bang. And never looked down on science. They don't take the bible literally word for word but just use it for morals and guidance

lying is a sin

[Kamil24]

Originally posted by Grumpy Gills

lying is a sin

It's true though. I went to a catholic school and we learned about evolution, big bang, etc.

And in Religion class we learned not to take the bible literally.

[Jonathan]

Catholics gonna scortch ha.

[Faruhs]

So a race of humans who have been taught creationism can be thrown in a bag and be burnt

[Grumpy Gills]

Originally posted by Kamil24

It's true though. I went to a catholic school and we learned about evolution, big bang, etc.

And in Religion class we learned not to take the bible literally.

Yes I was raised RC too but that statement is still a lie, the catholic church literally burned and killed thousands for daring to believe in science.

[iStanGaga]

Originally posted by Grumpy Gills

Yes I was raised RC too but that statement is still a lie, the catholic church literally burned and killed thousands for daring to believe in science.

That is just preposterous. You can find a list of thousands of Catholic priests who were and are scientists. Many being the founders of certain scientific fields like Fr. Gregor Medel, the father of genetics, whose research paved the way for Darwin's theory of evolution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel

How on earth can the Catholic Church be filled with thousands of scientists in its ranks and be against science at the same time? That's just stupid talk.

This myth that the Catholic Church is against science is only perpetuated by atheists. For example, whenever I see a science program conducted by atheist scientists they always exclude that the big bang theory was proposed by Georges Lemaitre because he happened to be a priest.

[Pagan Poetry]

Originally posted by BoyOnBoy Wonder

Same. I really loathe when people say that Christianity (or any religion for that matter) and Science cannot coexist when they absolutely can and SHOULD. God bless Pope Francis for moving the religion forward.

Not really. http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/gen/1.html

[iStanGaga]

Originally posted by Pagan Poetry

Not really. http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/gen/1.html

I have no idea what you're trying to say with that link. It's just a bunch of verses from Genesis.

[QueenBLadyG]

Love this man!

[Pagan Poetry]

Originally posted by iStanGaga

I have no idea what you're trying to say with that link. It's just a bunch of verses from Genesis.

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old and Earth's age is 4.54 billion years old. It is unscientific to say that Earth was one of the first things made in the beginning.

[Iris]

Originally posted by iStanGaga

A Catholic priest was the one that came up with the Big Bang Theory. The Catholic Church has been in support of it for many years; this is nothing new.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

Simon is that you?

@ Pope 21centuris

[iStanGaga]

Originally posted by Pagan Poetry

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old and Earth's age is 4.54 billion years old. It is unscientific to say that Earth was one of the first things made in the beginning.

That's because you're reading the creation account literally. Just like Christian fundamentalists do. As a Catholic we interpret it differently. In the first verses, the author is talking about God separating nothing and something, non-existence and existence. Night and day are poetic substitutes for nothing which can be described as darkness and something (heavens and earth) which is day or light.

[Iris]

Originally posted by Grumpy Gills

Yes I was raised RC too but that statement is still a lie, the catholic church literally burned and killed thousands for daring to believe in science.

Well, Europeans killed,slaughtered and enslaved thousands of people after discovering America

Nazi's also burned and killed millions of people.

Should we blame the new generations of Europeans or germans for that?

[Pagan Poetry]

Originally posted by iStanGaga

That's because you're reading the creation account literally. Just like Christian fundamentalists do. As a Catholic we interpret it differently. In the first verses, the author is talking about God separating nothing and something, non-existence and existence. Night and day are poetic substitutes for nothing which can be described as darkness and something (heavens and earth) which is day.

Where does it say to take it metaphorically? It says what it says.

[NaughtyDog]

religion once again trying to adapt their archaic views to fit in the modern world

[iStanGaga]

Originally posted by Pagan Poetry

Where does it say to take it metaphorically? It says what it says.

At the end of Genesis, it says "Take this literally not metaphorically."

Anyways, for centuries it has been understood by most scholars as a poetic account that focuses on the who, why, and what of creation and existence and not how exactly in scientific terms it happened.

Also, scholars point to the common literal genre used at that time. Many pagan stories are filled with this form of poetic phrases. For example, Methuselah living for 900 years. We see pagan authors using this form of writing in their stories as well.

[iStanGaga]

Originally posted by NaughtyDog

religion once again trying to adapt their archaic views to fit in the modern world

The Big bang Theory and theory of evolution are archaic Catholic views? That makes no sense.