Church Admits Darwin Was Right

Woman want what? What kind of equality? I'm suspicious... :p

*runs and hides, assuming he won't get a chance to contribute to the overpopulation thingy now...*

It was interesting you posted that, I just came across a TIME article where a bishop states that heaven is here and Christians got it wrong, which is funny because the guy they interviewed was such. If you are interested i will see if I can find the link?

*still hiding*
 
Saeltari said:
Woman want what? What kind of equality? I'm suspicious... :p

*runs and hides, assuming he won't get a chance to contribute to the overpopulation thingy now...*

It was interesting you posted that, I just came across a TIME article where a bishop states that heaven is here and Christians got it wrong, which is funny because the guy they interviewed was such. If you are interested i will see if I can find the link?

*still hiding*
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Do that; it might be amusing.
 
Saeltari said:
It was interesting you posted that, I just came across a TIME article where a bishop states that heaven is here and Christians got it wrong, which is funny because the guy they interviewed was such. If you are interested i will see if I can find the link?
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I'd be interested to see that link. (I can't help feeling that for too many people, Earth is hell.)
 
Drachir said:
Amazing. The Catholic Church has just admitted that Darwin's Theories are compatible with Christianity.

Vatican backs Darwin, dumps creationism - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist

I wonder what will be next - according women equality? Admitting that overpopulating the Earth is not a good idea? The sky's the limit.
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Wow that's rare. Religious people changing tunes. You mean how the Earth is now round and not the centre of the universe?

Galleo called, he wants his life back.
 
meh the Christian religion is so big and has so much written history to it that the Vatican can pick and choose pretty much any stance to take if they so wish. They just have to release (or bring to light) the right documents and give it their seal of approval and its done.
Just look at the Bible - its cut and pasted to form what they want it to say - they can cut and paste it many different ways to say many different things.
The only difference is that once they take a stance they usually don't change their tune - I think in this case they have realised that if they didn't change it soon they were liable for being made to look like a laughing stock (and also losing members big time to the science community)
 
I don't see how evolution or Darwinism can be compatible with ANY kind of theism. The two are seperate. Let them ride seperate horses into the sunset!
 
Thanks for that link, Saeltari: not quite what I was expecting: more thoughtful, for one thing; and the John Polkinghorne quote links in quite well with a (partly) SF site.



AE: What you might want to consider the existence, or otherwise, of a God (or god) of Unintended Consequences. ;):)
 
AE35Unit said:
I don't see how evolution or Darwinism can be compatible with ANY kind of theism. The two are seperate. Let them ride seperate horses into the sunset!
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It is not so difficult. I believe that humanity came into being through the process of evolution. I believe that God oversaw* the process so that humanity might come into being.

*Made sure no blind alleys were followed and got the process started.

I am very pleased with the link about heaven. I think that the title was misleading. The Bishop believes in the Biblical heaven, not the "popular" one.
 
AE35Unit said:
I don't see how evolution or Darwinism can be compatible with ANY kind of theism. The two are seperate. Let them ride seperate horses into the sunset!
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Not really. Evolution supports that there is the possibility of beings far more evolved than modern humans. So I don't see how a para-dimensional, supra-natural being is a far off possibility when Darwin supports that it is possible.
 
How anyone can believe in the existance of a God in this day and age is beyond me! It seems such a narrow minded and simplistic view to me! Oh we're in trouble,but its ok cos god will fix it. Its his way.
 
AE35Unit said:
How anyone can believe in the existance of a God in this day and age is beyond me! It seems such a narrow minded and simplistic view to me! Oh we're in trouble,but its ok cos god will fix it. Its his way.
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Belief is a powerful thing; and your statement could honestly fit quite comfortably in any time period in history. The times has nothing to do with the belief. ;)
 
Well said, Saeltari. Faith and belief are not rendered narrow and simplistic by the conditions and events around them, nor are they neatly summed up by the phrase "its ok cos god will fix it". A truly open mind allows for the possibility of faith (and the actions therein rooted) that can change those very conditions and events, even if that same mind chooses not to embrace such faith. I'm not labeling anyone here, merely stating my perspective.
 
I think what Mosaix meant was some people regard the church as irrelevant so what does it matter what they believe in this week.
 
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