[bunkerhill7]

God Gives Us More Bang Than the Buck

[Alex Murphy]

While the pope has spoken before about evolution, he has rarely delved back in time to discuss specific concepts such as the Big Bang, which scientists believe led to the formation of the universe some 13.7 billion years ago.

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[campaignPete R-CT]

Y’ol general relativity pope.

[PfromHoGro]

Well D’uh.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

I’m not Catholic but I agree with the Pope on this item. I suppose those interpreting Genesis literally arent going to like this especially.

[mc5cents]

There is a wonderful explanation of how creation actually follows the biblical 6 days formula in Dinesh D’Souza’s book “Whats So Great About Christianity”. Of course a biblical “day” is not a “calendar” day.

[Pontiac]

Some atheists say science can prove that God does not exist

Have at it boys.

You can’t prove a negative.

[Heartlander]

"We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary."
-Pope Benedict XVI

[RingerSIX]

...the day the Bible says the three kings reached the site where Jesus was born...

I don't think the Bible says there were three kings. It says there were three types of gift IIRC.

[allmendream]

Prov 16:33 The dice are cast into the lap, but every result is from the Lord.

Just because we observe a predictable pattern of randomness in physical phenomena does NOT mean that God is not in control of even these processes which we observe to be random.

Many seem to have a big bugaboo about randomness, as if God’s power stops at the casino door. IT DOES NOT!

[TexasAg]

Consider all matter and energy, every last bit ever in existence from every planet, star, rock, black hole, etc. Now compress it all into a spot smaller than the head of a pin, which then explodes with such force to create the entire vast universe. Tell me that isn’t proof of God’s existence.

[topcat54]

Does the pope believe there was an historical Adam created from the dust of the earth -- and Eve from his rib -- or is that now considered fiction and superseded by evolutionary theory?

How much of Genesis do we jettison in our embrace of modernism?

[Texas Eagle]

I've always believed in The Big Bang.

I believe God spoke and BANG!, it happened.