I was referring to politicians in the United States, not South Africa which is a Third World nation I believe.
Just because “some politicians” think something - - no matter where they come from, that doesn’t make it true.
Oh please… Even if that were true, which I find very hard to believe, does that mean we should ignore the truth?
So what? That doesn’t explain the supposed linkage between evolution and Columbine, or anything else.
Apparently so.
It’s about, among other things, the dignity of the human person. Secular evolution ideology denies the dignity of the human person. When schools teach evolution they don’t mention God or the dignity that God gave man. As can be seen by some posts in this thread, evolution ideology does not realize that there is a fundamental difference between man and other animate beings. Only man has an intellect and will. Only man, along with the angels and the Blessed Trinity, is a person. Only man can know and love.
No, it doesn’t. Saying that doesn’t make it true – nor does it move us one step closer to explaining the supposed link between evlution and things like Columbine.
Talk to the ACLU about that – it has nothing to do with evolution.
Which posts? I haven’t seen any that mistake man for a lower animal.
All true – but how does that link evolution with things like Columbine?
It does have something to do with evolution since God has no part in the evolutionary theory. Evolutionary theory does not include God as part of the theory.
See #226 where someone claims that they are able to “love.” I am glad that you, at least, expressed agreement with my statement that only man can know and love.
How many of those pro-abortionists are creationists versus evolutionists? Evolution is related to abortion also since evolutionists make claims regarding supposed similarities and relationships between the human embryo/fetus and the embryo/fetus of animals like frogs, etc. That’s what they teach in schools.
Saying it doesn’t make it so. Let me point out that arithmetic and chemistry do not include God as part of their theories – are you going to blame them for the breakdown of society?
And THAT is your proof – someone on this echo said something you don’t agree with.
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Don’t be silly – those same claims could be made if Darwin had never been born. They have nothing to do with evolution.
I’m not aware of any official Catholic teaching that says animals are incapable of a lesser love, in the sense of affection. I’m not speaking of love in the sense of the divine virtue, or the kind that only an intellect can produce. I apologize if I wasn’t clear enough.
How about this? Rejection of evolution causes all the social ills. It works like this – someone convinces you that you HAVE to belive in the LITERAL story of Creation and reject evolution because to do otherwise would mean religion is wrong and God doesn’t exist.
This is precisely my fear. I’ve seen many people who’s faith is not deeply rooted enough, who are easily shaken, and they have almost always been literalist creationists. On the flip side, my faith is so ridiculously sound that I stare straight in the face of the most atheistic scientific arguments and see God. It’s gotten to the point that I chuckle when I hear an atheist try and use science to disprove God.
Agreed – those people most likely to lose their faith are those who have to have absolute certainty – which is what the Creation Scientists and similar beliefs must have. They cannot accept that God can work in ways they do not understand.
Science is not competent to deal with God and recognizes that limitation. Yet, as you say, nothing strengthens faith more than seeing the intricacy and wonder of God’s creation. And science helps us do that – who could stand unawed at the maganficent pictures from the Hubble telescope, for example?
As we have many times in the past. Hence my frustration at faithful people’s apprehension of us.
Absolutely. Furthermore, there’s simply no “rational” reason why we should find such things awe-inspiring and beautiful, but we do. I think that says something about God’s intention for us to find the beauty in His work through science. God knew we’d develop a way to view into the past with Hubble, and set up those images billions of years ago for us to be inspired today. It’s a kind of Gospel written in the stars, IMO.
I think there are two problems – first of all those who reject evoluiton because of religious reasons are not very sure of themselves. Deep down, they fear something. Secondly, they aren’t very well educated in science. So they are afraid of the unknown.
You’re right. A dog sees a beautiful sunset, or a prefect, tiny flower – and simply ignores them. Only man can truly feel the beauty and grandeur of God’s work.
Some politicians made the connection between race and intelligence. Did that make them right?
You should read the book The Bell Curve.
Go back and re-read it, along with scholarly (not politically-correct) reviews of the book.
