(January 26, 2015 at 1:18 am)Alex K Wrote: So for a long time, the holy see has declared evolution to be compatible with catholic doctrine, right? Although they reserve the right to have it somehow God guided and with souls etc., certain aspects of the doctrine are severely constrained by that. First and foremost, since the purpose of Jesus depends on original sin and hence on Adam and Eve as first couple, this central piece of dogma is completely at odds with evolution. Does anyone know how they officially reconcile that?
Contradiction with acknowledged reality only presents a problem if one has scruples and feel uncomfortable with ad hoc explanations.
Any guidance given to evolution might have been divine, but was appearently not inspired enough to give self-important monkey's in funny hats scruples and discomfort with ad hoc explanations.
