[mngran]

A few weeks ago it was "Protestant churches aren't real churches", and now he wants us to listen to "the voice of the Earth," whatever that is. This guy has jumped the shark.

[LiteKeeper]

it is unfortunate when the uninformed comment on the nature of a debate. The issue of evolution’s validity is in no way settled...and directly contradicts the Scriptures He reads. Too bad!

[SuziQ]

Benedict also said the human race must listen to “the voice of the Earth” or risk destroying its very existence.

Folks seem all upset about this. Sounds like he's saying what the Church has taught all along, that we need to be good stewards of God's creation.

[Danbert]

This guy has jumped the shark.

I figure that the pope is onto something. You can believe and also believe in evolution. That's how I see it.

[tob2]

I believe that God is the creator and God’s time is very different than earthly time. Therefore, I believe creationism and evolutioned can happen at the same time.

[ex-snook]

The Pope was right about Islam, about what is true religion, and about evolution/creation. That’s a clean sweep.

[Zionist Conspirator]

A few weeks ago it was "Protestant churches aren't real churches", and now he wants us to listen to "the voice of the Earth," whatever that is. This guy has jumped the shark.

It doesn't bother me that the Pope said Protestant churches aren't real churches. After all, good Protestants say the Catholic Church is false, right? Naturally all good Catholics think that Protestants are mistaken.

What bothers me is a "conservative" Pope who can condemn Protestantism is still defending evolution and reducing the Bible to didactic theological parables. The few Catholic creationists out there (and they do exist, believe it or not) who have been pinning their hopes on this Pope are going to be very disappointed.

Benedict also said the human race must listen to “the voice of the Earth” or risk destroying its very existence.

Get cosmogony wrong, get eschatology wrong!

[Coleus]

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[Antoninus]

Benedict is exactly 100% correct on this. I am a Catholic who follows the teachings of the Church. I'm also of the opinion that Evolution allows the best explanation for how life got to be as it is today.

Christian teaching and science both are attempting to understand the Truth, while coming at it from different perspectives. Since the Truth isn't a movable feast, they're really just two paths to the same place.

Of course, the Catholic way is the shorter, more direct path and in my opinion, scientists who are able to follow their path to its end point, will eventually become Catholics.

[Sun]

“A few weeks ago it was “Protestant churches aren’t real churches”, and now he wants us to listen to “the voice of the Earth,” whatever that is. This guy has jumped the shark.”

You’re hearing what you want to hear. There is no Catholic dogma here. You do realize that, don’t you?

You also fell into the hands of liberal MSM who are trying to divide Christians, and it worked, at least for some Christians.

As Baptist leader Dr. Richard Land put it: NEWSFLASH! The Pope is Catholic!

[G8 Diplomat]

saying that evolution can coexist with faith.

THANK YOU! This is what I've been saying on all these FR evolution debates. The Church accepts evolution as a theory. The earth is not 6000 years old, come on the fossil record proves that wrong. God created the first pre-Cambrian slime, and from that created the rest of life via what we call evolution. As far as humans go, I'm not a theologian so I'll say no more than we were created by God in His image. But have you noticed that the description of creation in the Bible is in striking similarity to the order that life evolved on earth? First He created the seas--water was present on earth before life. Then He created the sea creatures--they were the first forms of life to appear on earth. He created the bacteria first, then the fishes and vertebrates perhaps by having them evolve from the bacteria. Then He created the plants on the land--plants colonized land early while there was still sea life. Then He created the land animals--as we see, the lizards and dinosaurs and insects came first, then the mammals. Again, perhaps He differentiated life on land through what we see as evolution, but it is called "created" in the Bible, because He did create them--by having them evolve from other animals. And lastly, He created man. And man has only been around for a million years or so. I'm not saying this is THE way it happened, I am only speculating as to why the Church does accept evolution as a theory and doesn't reject it instead. They can coexist.