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Pope Francis: ‘Evolution … is not inconsistent with the notion of creation’
Religious News Service ^
| October 27, 2014
| Josephine McKenna
Posted on 10/29/2014 10:13:47 AM PDT by RnMomof7
.“When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so,” Francis said.
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TOPICS: Catholic; Charismatic Christian; Evangelical Christian; Other Christian
KEYWORDS: creation; evolution; genesis; god; modernism; pope; popefrancis; unbelievable
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Comment #1 Removed by Moderator
To: RnMomof7
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:15:45 AM PDT
by
struggle
To: RnMomof7
Pope Francis is not inconsistent with nincompoopary.
To: RnMomof7
I’ve never seen a conflict between science and my faith. Understanding how God really created the universe seems to me a noble pursuit.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:22:19 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
To: RnMomof7
All men are evolved equally. And they are endowed by evolution with certain inalienable rights....
Fits right in with Democrat revisionism.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:22:31 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
To: RnMomof7
A post like this used to be worth 500+ responses ... we’ll see ...
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:22:53 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
(It may be legal, but it's still wrong)
To: RnMomof7
“Not able to do everything.” So God isn’t “Almighty” like the scripture teaches? Creating the universe, the world, all the animals, and mankind in just six days is a little too much and a task fit only for magicians?
To: RnMomof7
How the cardinal selected this incompetent boob to be pope is unbelievable. They must have been drinking the same Kool-Aid as the jerks who voted for Obama.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:23:25 AM PDT
by
kenmcg
(b)
To: RnMomof7
God’s not a magician, but as Author C. Clark said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinquishable from magic.”
God looks like a magician because we can’t do what He does.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:26:30 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
“Not able to do everything.” So God isn’t “Almighty” like the scripture teaches?
I guess not.
Those Old Testament prophets - what a hoot! What jokesters! I bet they could hardly keep a straight face while writing about El Shaddai.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:28:16 AM PDT
by
Cato in PA
(Resist!)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: RnMomof7
What a shameful disgrace he is!!!!
The Pope is NOT even saved
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:33:33 AM PDT
by
Friendofgeorge
(Justice for officer Darren------------ PALIN 2016 OR BUST)
To: RnMomof7
Francis - who is he, the first unPope Pope??
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:33:41 AM PDT
by
Wuli
To: RnMomof7
This is not a new position by the Catholic Church.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:33:47 AM PDT
by
gdani
(Ebola has exposed the U.S. as fearful, easy-to-manipulate weaklings)
To: F15Eagle
Maybe the Pope should be silent for a while
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:34:36 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: RnMomof7
God is ... the Creator who brought everything to life,” the pope said.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:36:00 AM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: RnMomof7
The “notion” of creation?
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:36:15 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
( BRILLIANT, WITTY (but incendiary)TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
To: clintonh8r
The Catholic Church has always tried to spread its faith by absorbing beliefs and/or customs of the group it is trying to draw in. This is no different.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:38:02 AM PDT
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: RnMomof7
Actually it is — without the special creation of man, man is not specifically made in God's own image, and if man is not made in god's image then (a) there is no reason for God to save mankind, and (b) there is no reason not to kill man for little/no reason.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:38:35 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Salvation
You left something out:
“God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life,” the pope said.
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posted on
10/29/2014 10:41:43 AM PDT
by
kosciusko51
(Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
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