[jodiluvshoes]

I hate to see this happen. I think it may be the beginning of a large rift between evangelicals and catholics on the culture war, and we need each other to stay involved.

[MEGoody]

a stout defence of

Defence? I guess the writer never heard of spell check.

[Salvation]

NOT!

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I think the article says more about the manmade rift between "evolutionists" and "creationists" than about any dogma or change of dogma within the Catholic church.

I don't think most "creationists" have a problem with the idea of evolving within the genetic code of a species. This is what Darwin observed, thus the title of his work, "Origin of Species (not kingdom)." Creationists just don't believe in evolving from one species into the genetic code of another species, and they believe that the original forms of life, however rudimentary they were, were begun by some "thing" greater than all of us.

The most vehement of "evolutionists," those that use Darwin as a defense of atheism, try to trace back evolution to cross the lines of genetic species to an original, singular life form that spontaneously appeared (was not created) and from which all other species originated.

This is the major bone of contention between the two sides. And neither side, despite their swearing they have all the proof in the world, has 100% infallible evidence to prove their cases. Both sides have some "faith" in their belief thrown into the equation, which probably explains the arguments here on FR that almost always end up sounding like a shouting match between the adherents of two "orthodox" religions.

[Salvation]

Pope states the universe is a product of an "intelligent project"

Pope says universe made by 'intelligent project'

[LibertarianLiz]

Please see post #2, they are correct. This is nothing new.

[i.l.e.]

There is a lot of evidence supporting both evolution and the divine creation of human beings.

[marty60]

Frankly, I have always believed this, especially when GOD said a day is like a thousand years to him.God made the ameoba etc etc. It is the SCIENTIST that take the Bible literally to mean 7 days. GOD doesn't.

[Windsong]

Well if they cant get Baptism right, certainly they won't "get" the story of creation!

[banalblues]

Agreed.

[todd1]

I think God knows each of our hearts. So what, I eat and drink the body of Christ and go to confession. So what if my friend gets full of the Holy Spirit and speaks in tongues. God is so awesome that he gave us more than one way to worship him. We can worship with song and prayer or by helping a neighbor in need. God wants us to love each other as he so loved us. That is a message that we all can agree on.

[Zionist Conspirator]

No story here.

I hate to see this happen. I think it may be the beginning of a large rift between evangelicals and catholics on the culture war, and we need each other to stay involved.

It was inevitable. Catholics are good when it comes to morality, but lousy on the Bible.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I think it may be the beginning of a large rift between evangelicals and catholics on the culture war, and we need each other to stay involved.

I think this has been going on since the 16th century; the 18th if you're being specific to Evangelicals.

[edwin hubble]

"In a remarkably odd statement this past week, the Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin! "

This isn't new at all.

Teilhard de Jardin, the brilliant Jesuit, led the thinking of the Church to embrace evolution in the mid 20th century.

[hope]

All self promoting religious organizations just like political organizations are nothing but self-serving AntiChrist, obstructionist.