why is that people believe the bible, yet when they go to other cultures that have their own stories and beliefs they dismiss them... such as myths and legends. yet the bible have similar impossible stories, yet they are "true" and dont give me that "with god everything is possible crap."
2007-05-26 14:02:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
+ Taking the Bible Literally +
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.
+ Miracles +
However this does not mean that Catholics do not believe in miracles.
When God does something we think is impossible we call it a miracle.
We are under the laws of nature, God is not.
+ With love in Christ.
2007-05-27 15:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm...not an easy question to answer. As sentient beings (notice...I didn't say HUMAN) we need a higher power for those times we cannot handle things on our own.
I am a contradiction: a scientist who believes in God. I understand the workings of the body, understand how moleules bind to form complexes, I even understand how popcorn works. I know all about dinosauers and how they lived millions of years ago, and that according to the Bible the earth is only about 4000 years old.
But there are things that science cannot answer...like how someone in a coma can awaken after months or years; how someone in a car accident that should have died...didn't. There was a story of a small plane pilot who blacked out, yet somehow his plane landed safely.
I know what I believe. It sounds like you are still searching. And (sorry for this) I believe God says "It's ok if you don't believe in Me; I believe in you."
Good luck.
2007-05-26 14:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by Maverick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you believe you are reading this? Or is it Your imagination. The theories of sound being carried by light are found in the Bible as are the theories of thermo nuclear dynamics in 2nd Peter 3. Christian Scientists looked at the scriptures and proved them out scientifically!
2007-05-26 14:10:49 · answer #3 · answered by ShadowCat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-08 22:00:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ died for me and you so that we may not spend eternity in hell.
The Bible is TRUE and is the word of GOD and was a way for God to speak to us.
The only thing that I can tell you is that since I turned my life to God that my life is so much better I will pray for you that God will speak to your heart. I thought as you did until God changed my life.Thank you God
2007-05-26 15:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Don 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean like in the Atheist culture? string theory, big bang,monkey man and such.
2007-05-26 14:09:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course there are stories in other cultures like ours because God has put in every man knowledge of Him. Even the Eskimos have stories of a great flood.
2007-05-26 14:06:21 · answer #7 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think that with your "crap" attitude against spirituality is no sense to loose anytime to explain the hot water to somebody don't like to take a bath....
2007-05-26 14:27:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's not impossible. With God, everything is possible.
2007-05-26 14:05:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How is it that you cannot believe God can do whatsoever He wishes?
2007-05-26 14:16:38 · answer #10 · answered by Jed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋