[PatrickHenry]

Thanks for the link. I've read the site before. I don't know who James Akin is, so it's difficult to know how much he really knows -- as opposed to what we can learn from reading the Pope's own statement HERE.

Even reading Akin's analysis as if it were a bang-on accurate appraisal of the Pope's statement, it's clear that the Pope doesn't oppose evolution, and it would appear that he plans to have the church co-exist with it. If that were all the Pope said, it's sufficient for my purposes.

[f.Christian]

sufficient for my purposes.

319 posted on 10/13/02 10:36 AM Pacific by PatrickHenry

[f.Christian]

sufficient for my purposes.

319 posted on 10/13/02 10:36 AM Pacific by PatrickHenry

sufficient...lies/spin/denial/distortions---

for my purposes...evolution/atheism/evil!

[f.Christian]

To: PatrickHenry

PH says

"I know you have doubts. We all have doubts. Yet, the Pope said this, and I think he's accepting the theory of biological evolution"

BB says...

"PH, believe this if you like; but to do so is to ignore who the Pope is. His greatest responsibility on earth as the Vicar of Christ is to preserve and transmit the deposit of the faith, which is biblically based. For him to argue against special creation would mean he'd be required to excommunicate himself." :^)


749 posted on 10/10/02 12:03 PM Pacific by betty boop

[Michael_Michaelangelo]

Here is a quote from your version of the translation:

A theory's validity depends on whether or not it can be verified, it is constantly tested against the facts; wherever it can no longer explain the latter, it shows its limitations and unsuitability. It must then be rethought.

The Pope recognizes evolution as a THEORY. A theory that must be proven. If it cannot be proven, it should be rethought. Countless times, evolution has been debunked and rebuked. Countless times, the perveyers of evolution have lied to further their cause. Is it time for some to start 'rethinking' the pseudo-sciences they so vehemantly support; pseudo-sciences/theories that dismantle the fabric of civilization -- theories that have led some to promote and support genocide. RE: Hitler/Mao/Lenin et al -- see link posted above.

[PatrickHenry]

Clarification (for the intentionally perverse who love to quote out of context) of what I said in #316:

If that were all the Pope said, it's sufficient for my purposes in debating those who claim that evolution is anti-Christian.