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To: mas cerveza por favor
On a previous occasion I posted to you: I do not remember seeing Catholics represent evolution and high criticism as Church teaching. Ping me next time you see a post like that I will respond, time permitting.

No need to reply, but here's a ton of links for reference:
The Catholic Priest Praised by Einstein for Explaining the Universe
Catholicism and evolution: Are they contradictory?
Pope: Humanity isn't random product of evolution
God was behind Big Bang, universe no accident: Pope
Pope praises science, but insists God created world
The Problem of Polygenism in Accepting the Theory of Evolution [Catholic Msgr. Charles Pope]
Radio Replies Second Volume - Creation and Evolution
A meeting of religion and science: Sister Frances Zajac sees no conflict in her callings
Atheist says that Church accepts darwinism [Catholic Caucus]
Let Science Be Science and Faith Be Faith
Creationists, Intelligent Design Advocates Blast Vatican for Not Inviting Them to Evo Conference
Catholics on Evolution (Ecumenical)
Vatican evolution congress to exclude creationism, intelligent design
Catholic universities plan scientific examination of evolutionary theory
God made pre-humans into people, Vatican newspaper says [Open]
How a Catholic priest gave us the Big Bang Theory
Evangelicals should follow Catholic example on evolution
Austrian cardinal says Darwinism should be studied as science
The Sense that it is True that Six-Day Creationism is Paganism
Creationist Defends Bible-Based Science Against Vatican Astronomer's Criticism
Vatican Paper Hits 'Intelligent Design'

76 posted on 09/19/2011 4:52:00 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (Posting news feeds, making eyes bleed: he's hated on seven continents)
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To: Alex Murphy
None of your links rise to the level of Church teaching. It would be just as easy to post a list of links churchmen supporting, homosexuality, feminism, or marxism. Do you propose that these are Catholic doctrines as well?

The Church is different from all other institutions in that her teaching is not ultimately determined by men. If a priest, bishop, or even pope says that Jesus did not rise from the dead, such a statement would not become doctrine because no human being has the authority to contradict previously established infallible doctrine.

Not even the most liberal of cardinals and popes have dared to join the atheists in promoting evolution to the level of dogma. The most that liberal high officials have dared to say is the belief in evolution is not prohibited. This is technically correct since there is no previously defined dogma on the theory of evolution. A failure to teach truth is not the same as teaching error. The Church has always been very slow and cautious at defining new doctrines. (Vatican II was not cautious but it did not genuinely define anything new.)

In light of Church history, one is justified in having faith that such oversight and scientific illiteracy will be corrected once the Holy Spirit takes action and once the voice of genuine scientists is allowed to be heard.

79 posted on 09/19/2011 5:51:14 PM PDT by mas cerveza por favor
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