US Scientists enlist clergy in evolution battle

[Upchurch]

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I heard this from the local NPR station. It isn't mentioned in the article, but the radio blurb had a catholic priest who told a great one-liner (that he credited to Galileo), "Scripture tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go."


eta: woot. Here it is.

 

[Dr Adequate]

The quip was actually made by a cardinal of the RCC and quoted by Galileo, which, if anything, adds strength to the point.

 

[Tmy]

I went to catholic school. They taught us evolution. They got around the whole "created in 7 days" thing by saying the 7 days were not literal. Which makes sense. Earth wasnt created until like day 2. How can you measure a "day" before the Earth was even created.

 

[David Swidler]

Not to mention that the sun wasn't there till the fourth.

 

[Pauliesonne]

1) Evolution CANNOT be reconciled with Genesis.

 

[Tmy]

1) Evolution CANNOT be reconciled with Genesis.

Is that why Peter Gabriel left the band?

 

[Orangutango]

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I heard this from the local NPR station. It isn't mentioned in the article, but the radio blurb had a catholic priest who told a great one-liner (that he credited to Galileo), "Scripture tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go."


eta: woot. Here it is.

The article about the Pope's own science advisor taking a stance against teaching ID in schools was a welcome sight. I would very much like to see the opponents of Inteligent Design use this as ammunition the next time this topic comes up for a vote at the next school that tries to sneak it into their curriculum.

Jen

 

[hgc]

The article about the Pope's own science advisor taking a stance against teaching ID in schools was a welcome sight. I would very much like to see the opponents of Inteligent Design use this as ammunition the next time this topic comes up for a vote at the next school that tries to sneak it into their curriculum.

Jen

For protestant anti-evolutionaries, this is somewhere between irrelevant and proof that the pope is the anti-christ. But drop a line to Pat Buchanan to get a Catholic anti-evolution response to this fact.

 

[coalesce]

1) Evolution CANNOT be reconciled with Genesis.

I'm glad we're the ones placing limits on what God can and cannot do.

Michael

 

[Pauliesonne]

Is that why Peter Gabriel left the band?

Isn't he doing the Wrestlemania theme song this year?

 

[Orangutango]

For protestant anti-evolutionaries, this is somewhere between irrelevant and proof that the pope is the anti-christ.

Wow... there's something that I actually agree with them on.