Why does one great big oxymoron like religion have such a huge following?
2007-08-22 22:48:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
. The latin definition of 'oxymoron' is some idiot who talks about something he has NO knowledge of.
thank you.
2007-08-23 00:09:11 · answer #1 · answered by jim bo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Christians (including the Catholic Church) do 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.
2007-08-23 23:48:24 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋