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The Bible’s creation account is a very live issue which, in fact, is raised again and again on the Catholic Answers forums.
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The Bible’s creation account is a very live issue which, in fact, is raised again and again on the Catholic Answers forums.
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JimR-OCDS
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I consider the creation account in Genesis to be allegorical, not a literal historical account.
While I’m an adherent of the Big Bang, I have difficulty following the author’s logic when he claims that it’s characterized by dissonance, chance, and disorder. The way I see it, the Big Bang was very orderly and we still see that order today.
And of course, since the Big Bang is the beginning of space and time, there is no chance there. The First Mover had to Bang the universe into existence in the first place.
And given that it was a Catholic priest in good standing who even first theorized this…
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patrick9999
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Neither evolution or the Big Bang actually happened so there’s nothing to square.
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EricF
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Ask 100 Catholics and you are likely to get 100 different answers.
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PennyinCanada
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God worked 6 days and rested on the seventh. We show that we are sons and daughters of God by taking a seventh day rest.
Why does this little bit of scripture always turn into a creation vs evolution? When we entertain this argument, it seems the conclusion is always that bible believing Christians are anti-science. I guess that’s the appeal of this topic. Anything that makes Christians looks stupid and out of step with reality is a hot topic.
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Dan_Defender
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Instead of complications, the takeaway of the creation story should be simple: God is the creator of the universe. Man has an immortal soul and is in charge of the natural world. The mechanisms/exact timelines are not important in that Genesis is not trying to explain the world scientifically.
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christismylord
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I understand Adam and Eve to be two first literal people with actual actions, but that’s just my take 
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goout
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Let me repeat your words with emphasis:
Genesis is not trying to explain the world scientifically.
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EndTimes
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Catholics as individuals? vs Catholic Church Teachings…
Catholicism’s Teachings on Genesis?
E.G. Adam and Eve are the real first parents of Humanity
On Evolution? Barring a few - there are no definite Teachings.
That said: God can never be barred from any theories re: the origin of Humans.
Humani Generis - is one source…
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StudentMI
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St John Paul II said evolution is pretty much confirmed. Evolution is allowed in Catholicism. There is no conflict between the Faith and science.
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EndTimes
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Not so fast… There are boundaries wrt “evolution”
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Magisterium Is Concerned with Question of Evolution for It Involves Conception of Man
Message delivered to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences 22 October 1996
In his encyclical Humani Generis (1950), my predecessor Pius XII has already affirmed that there is no conflict between evolution and the doctrine of the faith regarding man and his vocation, provided that we do not lose sight of certain fixed points.
And to tell the truth, rather than speaking about the theory of evolution, it is more accurate to speak of the theories of evolution. The use of the plural is required here—in part because of the diversity of explanations regarding the mechanism of evolution, and in part because of the diversity of philosophies involved. There are materialist and reductionist theories, as well as spiritualist theories. Here the final judgment is within the competence of philosophy and, beyond that, of theology.
As a result, the theories of evolution which, because of the philosophies which inspire them, regard the spirit either as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a simple epiphenomenon of that matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. They are therefore unable to serve as the basis for the dignity of the human person.
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patrick9999
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The Church certainly gives us a good range of latitude here. That notwithstanding there is absolutely no reason scientifically, philosophically, or theologically to believe in evolution.
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Maximian
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I find that people have a tendency to make false assumptions about what the Bible actually says.
A. The Bible does not say how long each “day” of creation was. It can’t have been a revolution of the Earth because days are applied to the period before the spinning of the planet. We do know that elsewhere the Bible mentions a “day” in God’s sight as being like a thousand ages.
B. The Bible does not say whether the days ran on from each other or whether there were intervals of time in between.
A. The Bible does not say how long each “day” of creation was. It can’t have been a revolution of the Earth because days are applied to the period before the spinning of the planet. We do know that elsewhere the Bible mentions a “day” in God’s sight as being like a thousand ages.
B. The Bible does not say whether the days ran on from each other or whether there were intervals of time in between.
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StudentMI
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Yeah except for all the scientific reasons that verify it.
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patrick9999
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LOL. Give us a list.patrick9999:
Yeah except for all the scientific reasons that verify it.
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buffalo
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It is historical narrative.
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buffalo
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Our Lady has consistently called us to prayer. Perhaps this influences the rate of decay, natural disasters, and the journey.
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buffalo
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It has not been verified, in fact devolution has been experimentally shown.
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