ZC,
You wrote:
“Pinging your good buddy vladimir998 for when he gets back (he’s no wideawake, but I don’t think he’s as big a fan of Charles Darwin as you are).”
ZC, I’m not a wideawake, but I’m not sure what you think that means. As I have gotten older, and studied more, I came to hold an increasingly more literal view of Genesis 1-11. That doesn’t mean that Petronski and I must be cast as enemies of one another. Not at all. I learned a long time ago, that this issue must - eventually - be definitively defined by the Church before the issue will be commonly understood by Catholics. I might politely argue with Petronski on the issue, but I never go looking for such an argument. Until the issue is definitively defined we’re simply at a full stop.
I have a friend, a convert to the Catholic faith, who takes Genesis 1-11 literally as I do. He is, however, making the mistake of saying that the Church defined the issue when I know it hasn’t. He is in a leadership position in a local parish (no, he’s not an ordained man) and may eventually turn people off with his insistance on this issue. It’s a pity all around.
I had not noticed this earlier post of yours. Please pardon my oversight.
I have seen precious little "disagreement" about literalism among Catholics on this forum.