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Why did Communists promote Evolution?
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution?
The Catholic Church does not accept evolution as a fact. It merely permits it to held so long as Monogenism is not denied.

"5. If anyone examines the state of affairs outside the Christian fold, he will easily discover the principle trends that not a few learned men are following. Some imprudently and indiscreetly hold that evolution, which has not been fully proved even in the domain of natural sciences, explains the origin of all things, and audaciously support the monistic and pantheistic opinion that the world is in continual evolution. Communists gladly subscribe to this opinion so that, when the souls of men have been deprived of every idea of a personal God, they may the more efficaciously defend and propagate their dialectical materialism ...

36. For these reasons the Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter - for the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God. However, this must be done in such a way that the reasons for both opinions, that is, those favorable and those unfavorable to evolution, be weighed and judged with the necessary seriousness, moderation and measure, and provided that all are prepared to submit to the judgment of the Church, to whom Christ has given the mission of interpreting authentically the Sacred Scriptures and of defending the dogmas of faith.[11] Some however, rashly transgress this liberty of discussion, when they act as if the origin of the human body from pre-existing and living matter were already completely certain and proved by the facts which have been discovered up to now and by reasoning on those facts, and as if there were nothing in the sources of divine revelation which demands the greatest moderation and caution in this question."

https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/...neris.html
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RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 25, 2023 at 2:24 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 25, 2023 at 2:29 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Astreja - July 25, 2023 at 5:28 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 25, 2023 at 6:02 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 25, 2023 at 11:07 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Fireball - July 25, 2023 at 2:51 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by no one - July 25, 2023 at 3:25 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 25, 2023 at 6:30 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 25, 2023 at 8:04 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Fireball - July 25, 2023 at 10:18 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 26, 2023 at 3:42 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 26, 2023 at 7:49 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 26, 2023 at 9:33 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 27, 2023 at 8:13 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 27, 2023 at 2:48 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 27, 2023 at 5:20 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 28, 2023 at 5:09 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 27, 2023 at 8:42 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 28, 2023 at 2:57 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 28, 2023 at 3:03 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by h4ym4n - July 28, 2023 at 6:58 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Astreja - July 27, 2023 at 11:22 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Silver - July 28, 2023 at 4:07 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 28, 2023 at 6:13 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 28, 2023 at 7:36 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Nishant Xavier - July 28, 2023 at 5:48 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Bucky Ball - July 28, 2023 at 12:50 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by h4ym4n - July 28, 2023 at 7:04 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by h4ym4n - July 28, 2023 at 10:34 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Bucky Ball - July 28, 2023 at 12:15 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 28, 2023 at 4:35 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by no one - July 28, 2023 at 3:14 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Nay_Sayer - July 28, 2023 at 11:24 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 29, 2023 at 2:10 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by no one - July 29, 2023 at 7:02 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 29, 2023 at 11:37 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 29, 2023 at 11:50 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 29, 2023 at 6:17 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by LinuxGal - August 6, 2023 at 1:46 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Silver - July 29, 2023 at 11:10 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Deesse23 - July 29, 2023 at 2:43 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Silver - July 29, 2023 at 2:54 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by no one - July 29, 2023 at 3:59 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Astreja - July 29, 2023 at 8:39 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by no one - July 30, 2023 at 3:28 am
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 30, 2023 at 12:20 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Angrboda - July 30, 2023 at 6:41 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Anomalocaris - September 4, 2023 at 3:52 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by LinuxGal - September 4, 2023 at 4:21 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 4, 2023 at 4:40 pm
RE: Why did Communists promote Evolution? - by Simon Moon - September 7, 2023 at 5:48 pm

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