What is taught in Catholic biology classes?

[tafan2]

That’s was not my point when I responded to the good Father. I was pointing out that when science/math is taught in a Catholic school, I hope the Church always maintains its long standing tradition of seeking out the truth of nature, ie God’s creation, with no fear of its effect on the faith. There can be no conflict between true science and true faith. Pure secularists would think there has to be a conflict. Most other religions also think that the two can conflict. So that freedom is what I would consider Catholic science.

 

[edwest211]

Won’t help. It is immune to all forms of destruction.

 

[blackforest]

The idea of a big bang and most of what we know of genetics come from a Catholic priest and Catholic friar, respectively.

The myth of a modern “anti-science” Catholic Church stems from debates - e.g. embryonic stem cell research - over ethics in science, not science itself.

 

[GordonP]

The myth of a modern “anti-science” Catholic Church stems from debates - e.g. embryonic stem cell research - over ethics in science, not science itself.

As far as I can tell, it’s carryover from the anti-science of Evangelicals, more than the debates over ethics in science.

 

[tafan2]

A large part of it certainly does carry over from the evangelicals. Some of it certainly arises from bad history of the Galileo affair.

 

[De_Maria]

Biology as taught in the public school classroom which I attended, excluded God as the Creator of all life. We had many impromptu debates on the subject and I don’t remember the teacher ever saying that the existence of God was the underlying premise of all science.