M
Matt16_18
Guest
![40.png](https://forums.catholic-questions.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/94ad74/40.png)
Science knows only about the* fallen * world, the world subject to the bondage of decay. The terrestrial paradise still exists, and it is still uncorrupted by death.From science and reason (which cannot have discrepancy with faith), we know
-Death was in the world before man.
-Men die from the same causes as the creatures that existed before man.
How do we reconcile the teaching of 1018 with science & reason?
**Catechism of the Catholic Church
1047** The visible universe, then, is itself destined to be transformed, "so that the world itself, restored to its original state …