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How does he see the geological past or is it contrite to him?

2007-03-24 13:36:24 · 12 answers · asked by animalmother 4 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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somewhere in 1992 the then-pope, after carefully reviewing the facts, stated that evolution was a very plausible explanation. He has to my knowledge never contested the geological timescale that evolution/this planet works on.

He isn't as stupid as some of the loudmouth american creationists.

2007-03-24 13:45:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Probably.

The Catholic Church does not take the stories of creation in the Bible literally. Catholics believe the book of Genesis tells religious truth and not necessarily historical fact.

One of the religious truths is that God created everything and declared all was good.

Catholics can believe in the theory of evolution. Or not. The Church does not require belief in evolution.

On August 12, 1950 Pope Pius XII said in his encyclical Humani generis:

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.

Here is the complete encyclical: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html

The Church supports science in the discovery of God's creation. At this time, the theory of evolution is the most logical scientific explanation. However tomorrow someone may come up with a better idea.

As long as we believe that God started the whole thing, both the Bible and modern science can live in harmony.

With love in Christ.

2007-03-24 23:42:36 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1 0

To "create" means to put and keep something in existence. God is Creator because He puts and sustains everything in existence. He is the maker and final goal of everything that exists, all things visible and invisible.

The truth of creation means that God's loving creativity builds into each of us a meaning, purpose and destiny which nothing can take away from us.

Does the Genesis account of creation contradict the scientific theory of evolution? No. In affirming that God is the ultimate cause of all that exists, Genesis gives its ultimate meaning and purpose - "Why" the world exists. It does not explain "how" the physical world came to be in its present condition, which the theory of evolution tries to explain.

The Catholic Church does not have an official position on whether various life forms developed over the course of time. However, it says that, if they did develop, then they did so under the impetus and guidance of God, and their ultimate creation must be ascribed to him.

Concerning human evolution, the Church has a more definite teaching. It allows for the possibility that man's body developed from previous biological forms, under God's guidance, but it insists on the special creation of his soul.

Grace and peace!

2007-03-24 21:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The previous Pope said that evolution was not inconsistent with the Bible-- that it may be the method through which God made His Creation. Since the Pope says only what is consistent with Church doctrine, it is likely the current Pope would say the same.

2007-03-24 20:40:50 · answer #4 · answered by dj 3 · 1 1

I'll bet you he is. This new Pope is no fool. In fact, I'd say he's in danger of being assasinated because he's very intelligent and loving, and says the difficult thing if he thinks it needs saying. People won't tolerate that for long. May he be surrounded by the shield of love, in Jesus name.

2007-03-24 20:40:26 · answer #5 · answered by Nowpower 7 · 3 0

when saying evolutionist, the effect one automatically gets is that they demiss the book of genisis (even if it's not just that's just the image) by yeah, in the sense he accepts it's validity, he'd be an evolutionsit dj above me said it correctly. he says it was gods method of creating the earth

2007-03-24 20:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by Kam 3 · 1 0

There's no such thing. Science is to be understood, not "believed in". Do you "believe in" gravity? Does that make you a gravitationist?

2007-03-24 20:44:19 · answer #7 · answered by eldad9 6 · 0 0

Both the present and the just past pope are/were sadly evolutionist.

2007-03-24 20:40:49 · answer #8 · answered by Desperado 5 · 1 5

well, he certainly isn't a revolutionist

2007-03-24 20:41:52 · answer #9 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0 0

Catholics have ALWAYS believed in evolution.

2007-03-24 20:41:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2 3

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