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vstead
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Can someone tell me what the catholic opinion of Darwins theory I went to a roman catholic school and was taught in science that we originate from primates, and in R.E, i was taught that we came from Adam and Eve.
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St_Francis
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The most official thing I have heard is that the Church goes along with what science proves, except that at a minimum God created the souls of Adam and Eve and guided whatever happened.
Materialist evolution–that all this has risen up by chance with no Divine involvement–is of course totally denied by the Church, so if you are ever involved in discussing or reading about evolution, you must be very careful about which definition of the word is being used.
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Moscati
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This will probably help:
catholic.com/library/Adam_Eve_and_Evolution.asp
The things you were taught don’t necessarily contradict each other. The science people and the R.E. people just need to communicate better.
catholic.com/library/Adam_Eve_and_Evolution.asp
The things you were taught don’t necessarily contradict each other. The science people and the R.E. people just need to communicate better.
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SugarMagnolia
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Evolution is compatible with Catholicism according to Pope John Paul II
You might be interested in reading his address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences:
Truth Cannot Contradict Truth (1996)
newadvent.org/library/docs_jp02tc.htm
By the way, it is a common misconception of evolution to think it was the result of chance.
It was not. Evolution was the result of natural selection.
You might be interested in reading his address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences:
Truth Cannot Contradict Truth (1996)
newadvent.org/library/docs_jp02tc.htm
By the way, it is a common misconception of evolution to think it was the result of chance.
It was not. Evolution was the result of natural selection.
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