[Gumlegs]

Evolution is scientific materialism, it is the basis for Communism and other materialistic beliefs which totally degrade the uniqueness and divinity of man.[Emphasis added].

1315 posted on 11/19/2002 8:44 AM EST by gore3000

We now have it from unquestionable authority that Man Is Divine!!!

No need now for mere "Nobel Prize" winning authorities or examples of humble science --- man is divine! My only question is whether we were always thus or did we evolve into gods?

[Gumlegs]

Note post 1315, above. The Pope says we're all divine. How cool is that!

[js1138]

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[general_re]

We now have it from unquestionable authority that Man Is Divine!!!

A central tenet of both Hinduism and many, many "New Age" philosophies/religions. The anti-Pope is marching straight off the deep end here.

[Nebullis]

Don't panic. It was foretold by the Serpent in the Garden (the original lie): If you eat from the tree, you will be like Gods, you will know good and evil.

[gore3000]

We now have it from unquestionable authority that Man Is Divine!!!

The unquestionable authority is certainly not me, it is the Bible. Man was made in the image of God, he was created by God, his soul is also endowed by God. So while there is a material part to man, man does have some divine qualities. This is the belief of Christians which you find so laughable. That is your prerogative of course. However, it is because man is a special creation, shares in the divine that respect for human life is so great among Christians and so low amongst those who consider man just a few generations more evolved than a monkey, a rat, or a cockroach.