So the pope is wrong about not being able to use the Bible to gain scientific insight. This guy figured a whole bunch of stuff out from his study of Scripture 800 years ago according to Gerald Schroeder.
“Nachmanides explains that on Day One, time was created. That’s a phenomenal insight. Time was created. You can’t grab time. You don’t even see it. You can see space, you can see matter, you can feel energy, you can see light energy. I understand a creation there. But the creation of time? Eight hundred years ago, Nachmanides attained this insight from the Torah’s use of the phrase, “Day One.” And that’s exactly what Einstein taught us in the Laws of Relativity: that there was a creation, not just of space and matter, but of time itself.”
The Age of the Universe
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ageoftheuniverse/index?tab=articles
It’s irrelevant what the pope’s pronouncements about the Bible are. He may dictate beliefs for the Catholic Church, but that’s as far as it goes. If he wants to tell Catholics that Genesis is allegory, that’s certainly his prerogative, but that doesn’t make it so.
Besides, does the Catholic Church really teach that man evolved from some ape like ancestor, instead of being created in the image of God from the dust of the earth, as the Bible teaches?
Is the pope saying the Bible is wrong about that?
The Church teaches that man was created in God's image and that that is not incompatible with evolution or science.
I find it strange that you quote Dr. Schroeder when it suits you, but as an Orthodox Jew he rejects the most important part of the bible, that Jesus was the Messiah and the Son of God. Aren't you the least bit embarrassed by this lapse in the continuity of your intellectual honesty?
Don't expect anymore acceptance and consideration of your beliefs than you show to others whose beliefs do not exactly match with yours.