Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Heh. Pope supports evolution

and goes back to St. Augustine to explain why.

Of course, he does not support the philosophy of materialism and atheism that has masqueraded as evolution theory, but that's another story.

Presumably this is too subtle for the "stupid illiterate biblical creationist versus wise scientist" meme of the media, but never mind.

Ignatius blog quotes Cardinal Schonborn:

"there are many proofs in favor of evolution."

Nevertheless, he stressed, "though this theory enriches our knowledge of life, it doesn't respond to the great philosophical question: Where does everything come from and how did this everything take a path until coming to be man?"

Therefore, Cardinal Schönborn contended, the key is discovering "that a preceding idea exists, that man is not the fruit of chaos, but that he 'has been thought of,' 'wanted' and 'loved'" by the Creator.

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