CA Forum Discussion on Science, Evolution, etc...

[richard2]

I thought that perhaps some of you might enjoy this thread at the Catholic Answers forum: http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=31509

Or be annoyed at. Either one. ;)

richard

[Schneibster]

Looked considerably more reasonable than the evangelicals are. The keystone is evolution- it is clear that there is controversy over this.

One poster says, "I don't believe evolution contradicts the bible. Didn't Genesis describe God creating the universe and the earth in different steps - or stages? If God chose evolution as His tool for creation - how would this contradict the bible?"

Another starts down the "Darwinian evolution has problems with the speed of genetic change" path, but then says, "Evolution, defined more generally as the change and advancement of beings over time, is not contrary to Scripture in the least. In Genesis we already have 2 different accounts of creation, which shows that they were not meant to be taken perfectly literally, but were meant to describe certain truths, namely that creation is from God and that there was a primordial event in human history that involved a rejection of God's love and laws."

I've heard a great deal of discussion about the literal truth of Genesis, and have heard many more times than once that many believe it is allegory. I find the insistence on the literal truth of every word of the Bible is a clear indicator of a type of individual that is worth going well out of my way to avoid.

I wouldn't tar all of anybody with the same brush.