I am so sick and tired of people who believe St. George killed a dragon singling out only certain parts of the Hebrew Bible to be scorned and disbelieved. They (and the mainline Protestant churches) deserve everything that is happening to them. They have called G-d a liar for over a hundred years and it's time for them to die, no matter how "eternal" and "unchanging" they claim to be.
What's the difference between six day literal creationism and the virgin birth? Both are equally scientifically impossible. But when science says the latter is impossible they tell it to shut up and simply respond "it's a miracle." But when the same scientist rejects Genesis they insist that it would be heresy to disagree!
Did you know these hypocrites actually believe that Mary gave birth miraculously without tearing her hymen? But they reject Genesis, Joshua, Esther, and Jonah out of hand! And then they claim that Francis is betraying their "unchanging" church!
I live in the only county in my area with absolutely no Catholic presence whatsoever. And no wonder. With tracts on display defending evolution, they will never get a foothold here.
The only possible explanation for this hypocrisy is that they hate and despise the people with whom Genesis literalism is most associated, the rural American "redneck" (they seem to assume that Blacks have always been Darwinists). I assure them the feeling is mutual, and if the Fundamentalist Protestants of this country knew just how low an opinion of the Bible Catholics and Orthodox have, whatever prejudice against them would increase several fold.
PS: There are a few Catholic dissidents who actually dare to accept all events in the Bible as historical--even in the "old testament." The Kolbe Center has an article up now complaining about the widespread acceptance of the blatant lie that total inerrancy and six day creationism are a Fundamentalist Protestant "innovation" with absolutely no roots in the ancient past.
“The only possible explanation for this hypocrisy is that they hate and despise the people with whom Genesis literalism is most associated, the rural American “redneck” (they seem to assume that Blacks have always been Darwinists). I assure them the feeling is mutual, and if the Fundamentalist Protestants of this country knew just how low an opinion of the Bible Catholics and Orthodox have, whatever prejudice against them would increase several fold.”
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The RCC phobia against justification by grace through faith has a YUUUUUGGGEEEEE part to play in their evolutionary mindset, as well.