"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.”
"Ravasi said it this way: Creationism belongs to the “strictly theological sphere” and could not be used “ideologically in science.”
First of all, thank you so very much for completely avoiding the point I made. It really gives me confidence. And second of all, your splitting of "truth" into "scientific" and "theological" spheres gives the lie to the common theistic evolutionist slogan that "all truth is one."
"Reason" simply refers to the internal consistency of thought. It does not assume naturalism, uniformitarianism, or any other such thing. One may begin with the uniformitarian assumption and create a worldview that is 100% reasonable. One may also begin with the assumption that Genesis is literally and historically true and accurate and create a worldview that is just as reasonable.
The use of the word "reason" as an antonym for "science" is in error.
If that's what you want to believe and you're comfortable with that, that is your choice, but the Vatican speaks for the Roman Catholic Church only, not all of Christendom. Citing all of the Catholic church statements in the world are meaningless to those outside the Catholic Church.
It proves nothing, especially that their interpretation and opinion is correct. All it does is give Catholics the freedom to believe in evolution.