so when will they throw their hands in the air and say "alright already... we were wrong and you were right all along"?
2007-09-27 15:03:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i think even an atheist scientist throwing his hands in the air and convincing himself hes beyond doubt and entirely correct is being the epitome of close-minded ..
2007-09-27 15:07:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There will most likely never be a day when the Catholic church will willingly admit they were wrong about anything, and as far as evolution goes, I've never understood why they had such a hard time believing it in the first place. But anyway there will always be the ones who will never buy it, example: My trig teacher who spends whole class periods lecturing on evolution and how there is NO WAY it was ever possible. In my opinion public school isn' t the place to argue about god and its not my fault anymore if I fail trigonometry.
2007-09-27 22:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution and God are not mutually exclusive.
Most Christians 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 theories of the big bang or evolution or both or neither.
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 theories of the big bang and evolution are the most logical scientific explanations. However tomorrow someone may come up with better ideas.
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.
2007-09-30 23:06:36 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya know, it really doesnt matter if evolution occured- it only matters Who started the process. Christians will never give up because we have more than ideas- it is an active relationship. If you had a relationship with someone could you turn around and say ok, so since I dont understand everything I dont believe in you anymore? Of course not! We love God and there is nothing anyone can tell us that will take away that love.
2007-09-27 22:14:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, a faithful Catholic is allowed to believe in either the literal 6-day creation, or a God-guided sort of limited evolution. But, concerning cosmological evolution, the Church has infallibly defined that the universe was specially created out of nothing. Vatican I solemnly defined that everyone must "confess the world and all things which are contained in it, both spiritual and material, as regards their whole substance, have been produced by God from nothing" (Canons on God the Creator of All Things, canon 5).
Please read this link for a better explanation:
http://www.catholic.com/library/Adam_Eve_and_Evolution.asp
2007-09-27 22:06:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The acknowledgment of evolution as the possible scientific explanation of our development does not erase the fact that we have souls, and that the ultimate origin of life begins with God. Evolution, it would seem, would simply be the hammer and tools used to get it done.
2007-09-28 20:30:12 · answer #6 · answered by Danny H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Signs of the End of the Age
Matthew 24:10
At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
2007-09-27 22:09:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What do you mean by "acknowledge" evolution? You mean core creation or over time humans evolving to adjust to life? There is are different levels of evolution, and depending on which part they acknowledge, they may very well don't have to give you the satisfaction.
*HUGS*
2007-09-27 22:09:00 · answer #8 · answered by Mookie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dogmas can develop. Evolution does not change the fact God created everything. He may have just used the process of evolution to create life forms on earth.
Within the Church there are two main types of law: Divine (God's) law, and Church law. Divine law is those revealed truths which God has entrusted to His Church for safekeeping and instruction of the faithful. Examples of Divine law are the 10 Commandments and the Church dogmas (there is one God, there are 3 persons in the one God, there are 2 natures in the one person of God the Son, grace is a gift of God, Jesus founded the Church in order to continue His work of redemption for all time, abortion is murder, etc.). Divine law cannot be changed by the Church or anyone else as it is God's revealed truth.
Church law constitutes those earthly rules and regulations which the Church has found necessary to enact to ensure that the great commission given to the Church by Christ is fulfilled:
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:19-20, NIV).
The ability to make these rules was given to the Church by Jesus Himself and is referred to as "the ability to bind and loose." Church law covers a large variety of rules for the Universal Church (the Code of Canon Law, of which there are 1752 canons, for example) as well as rules unique to a particular region or diocese. Examples of Church law would be whether priests may marry, how long a fast is to be observed before receiving Holy Communion, and what training and instruction is required to be recognized as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. Church laws can be changed by the authority which enacted them.
2007-09-27 22:10:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The liberal, world influenced, non-biblical Catholic Church may say that evolution is true, but true christians won't.(btw, the Catholic Church has almost always been that way...liberal)
2007-09-27 22:07:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋