http://io9.com/pope-rails-against-intell...1652162938
Of course he still thinks a creator is needed to set life in motion but then evolution is all good with the pope. Not a new stance for the church but rather a return to a position held up until the last pope regressed.
Makes me wonder what he really thinks about an after life, judgement and heaven/hell. If he thinks of god as a hands-off deity, why would he imagine Him as keeping score on all of our failings in order to decide who to reward with his presence and who to torture unceasingly. I hope the pope will share what he thinks on this eventually.
I don't often follow what popes think. Does anyone know if any popes have ever pontificated against the immortality of the soul and all that rubbish?
Of course he still thinks a creator is needed to set life in motion but then evolution is all good with the pope. Not a new stance for the church but rather a return to a position held up until the last pope regressed.
Makes me wonder what he really thinks about an after life, judgement and heaven/hell. If he thinks of god as a hands-off deity, why would he imagine Him as keeping score on all of our failings in order to decide who to reward with his presence and who to torture unceasingly. I hope the pope will share what he thinks on this eventually.
I don't often follow what popes think. Does anyone know if any popes have ever pontificated against the immortality of the soul and all that rubbish?
