Some thoughts from Benedict XVI book “In the Beginning…”
The Pope says that the literal meaning of Genesis 1-3 is:
Creation by God!
The Original sin is to doubt His loving Covenant.
That the Creation demythologized the pagan stories, fear, gods, demons, and culture.
The numbers that run the covenant are seven and ten.
The placing of the Seven Days are the Sabbath–sign of God’s Loving Covenant.
The Lord says “Let there be” Ten times, and thus reminds us of the Ten Words/Commandments.
The placing of the light to rule the day and the one to rule the night does away with two more gods.
the Catholic Pope says, it is not an either-or situation. We need to make great use of science and faith, but understand that both are doing their own work. Faith tells us of our dignity. Science tells us about our biology, chemistry and physics.
One of his commonly used ideas is that a machine and an organism clearly demonstrate that they were designed.
The organisms are smarter than any machines.
The organisms move from within; the machines are moved from outside.
The organism can reproduce; the machine cannot reproduce.
The organisms are orchestrated with their surrounding and each other.
