Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the spirit as emerging from the forces of living matter or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. Nor are they able to ground the dignity of the person.
From the actual Message to Pontifical Academy of Sciences:
Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. Nor are they able to ground the dignity of the person.
You were wrong about the post number, you were wrong about the gist of the Message, and you were misleading in the actual quoting of the material. You are batting a thousand today.
Apparently he made the same mistake I did in trusting a posting. If you wish to chide someone for misleading posting jump on Gumlegs in post 478. He is the one posting the word spirit. I'll stick with his integrity, you all need to get your stories straight.
You object to the word spirit in the quote I gave you and argue that it should be mind not spirit. I did not change the paragraph, it was cut and pasted exactly from the article posted by an evolutionist, so you have no call at all to call me names for it.
As to the what the translation should be for the word there, I do not have the original, which is in French since the speech was given in France. However, from the context - and particularly the end of the encyclical, you can see that he meant spirit not mind.