When did "reason" become a synonym for science, must less uniformitarianism?
"Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican’s culture minister, said today that the theory of evolution is compatible with the Bible. The Vatican discourages literal interpretations of the Bible, including the literal interpretation of creationism that is at odds with the very solid scientific theory of evolution."
"Ravasi said it this way: Creationism belongs to the “strictly theological sphere” and could not be used “ideologically in science.”