RE: What's up with creationism?
January 16, 2016 at 4:54 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2016 at 4:55 pm by Cyberman.)
(January 16, 2016 at 4:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(January 16, 2016 at 4:10 pm)Stimbo Wrote: But his work as an astrophysicist was nothing to do with being a Catholic priest. So again, where is the relevance?
I'm not sure what is so hard to understand. Yes, his work as a scientist and his work as a priest were 2 separate vocations. The fact that he could be both things at the same time without compromising each position shows that the Church takes no issue whatsoever with the acceptance of evolution. There is no conflict between the 2. That's the point.
Then it's not a particularly flattering point. If the message, essentially, is that being Catholic doesn't mean you're not open minded and you can actually make a useful contribution to science, it's as patronising as telling women not to worry about not being male because they too can be scientists.
Oh, and the Big Bang isn't part of evolution theory.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
