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To: Zionist Conspirator

No, the pope is not a theistic evolutionist. To be an evolutionist one has to accept the synthesis of Julian Huxley and others, which postulates the randomness that the pope rejects. And while he admires Theilhard de Chardin, he rejects his theology which tries to incorporate evolution into Catholicism as other Jesuits try to incorporate Marxism.


8 posted on 04/23/2011 11:02:32 PM PDT by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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To: RobbyS; Zionist Conspirator
No, the pope is not a theistic evolutionist. To be an evolutionist one has to accept the synthesis of Julian Huxley and others, which postulates the randomness that the pope rejects. And while he admires Theilhard de Chardin, he rejects his theology which tries to incorporate evolution into Catholicism as other Jesuits try to incorporate Marxism.

He may reject randomness, but he certainly does not reject evolution per se, and he apparently rejects all forms of instantaneous creation.

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12 posted on 04/24/2011 5:08:59 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG...thank you. Thank you.)
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To: RobbyS
No, the pope is not a theistic evolutionist. To be an evolutionist one has to accept the synthesis of Julian Huxley and others, which postulates the randomness that the pope rejects.

Hence my point that he is a "theistic" evolutionist--one who believes that evolution is guided by Divine Providence. But he still rejects the facticity of the first eleven chapters of Genesis.

14 posted on 04/24/2011 8:01:52 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Hachodesh hazeh lakhem ro'sh chodashim; ri'shon hu' lakhem lechodshey hashanah.)
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