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PunnyProtestant
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Why deny the book of Genesis?
Why does the Catholic Church support the evolution theory?
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davidv
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Who is denying the book of Genesis?
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PunnyProtestant
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Let me refrase that,why deny the 7 days of creation?
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Miserys_Fence
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Actually, evolution supports Genesis.
According to Genesis, all creatures (man and animals) were vegans.
Look at today’s cats. Sharp teeth, sharp claws, short digestive tracts, very strong stomach acids…does this sound like a plant-eater to you? Plus, before the relatively recent invention of artificial taurine, cats had to have meat in their diets to survive.
So the alternatives are:
1.Cats evolved, or
2. Genesis is incorrect.
Of course, there is a third theory that the Magic Digestion Fairy came and waved her magic wand and changed vegan creatures into meat eaters overnight…
Miz
According to Genesis, all creatures (man and animals) were vegans.
Look at today’s cats. Sharp teeth, sharp claws, short digestive tracts, very strong stomach acids…does this sound like a plant-eater to you? Plus, before the relatively recent invention of artificial taurine, cats had to have meat in their diets to survive.
So the alternatives are:
1.Cats evolved, or
2. Genesis is incorrect.
Of course, there is a third theory that the Magic Digestion Fairy came and waved her magic wand and changed vegan creatures into meat eaters overnight…
Miz
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Rascalking
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Does the Catholic church deny this? I had no idea, evolution has always been among the most boring of topics to me.
I don’t care how God created life. If it took 20 billion years, great. 3000 years, great. I just don’t care. I think both sides (evolutionists and creationists) need to calm down and find some hobbies. Chess anyone?
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davidv
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How long was a Genesis “day”?
How do you know?
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grannymh
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Do you mean the Catholic Church as in One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic?
If you do, then “support” needs to be clarified because the Catholic Church as a visible institution does not hold any kind of natural science per se as doctrines.
Individuals, including high ranking clergy, can talk or teach about natural science until the cows come home; but that does not mean that Catholicism holds any kind of natural science as part of its Deposit of Faith.
If you do, then “support” needs to be clarified because the Catholic Church as a visible institution does not hold any kind of natural science per se as doctrines.
Individuals, including high ranking clergy, can talk or teach about natural science until the cows come home; but that does not mean that Catholicism holds any kind of natural science as part of its Deposit of Faith.
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rossum
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The Catholic Church does not deny the Book if Genesis, it is there in the Catholic version of the Bible.
Unlike some Protestant Churches, the Catholic Church does not mandate a particular interpretation of the Book of Genesis.
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excubitor
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Why do you need to invent a fanatical and ridiculous mystery fairy when we have an Almighty God who can miraculously change the digestive system of animals if he should so choose. The plain word of scripture that God intervened in a dramatic way at the Fall to change the nature of the creatures. God originally made Eve to not have much if any pain during childbirth. He made the earth to have no thorns of thistles. The serpent had legs and after the Fall was made to slither on the ground. Man after this had to struggle to get the earth to yield its fruit. This argument about taurine gets parroted about as if its a showstopper for six day creation; but if God can do all of those other things then changing the digestive systems of the creatures should not be a problem.Actually, evolution supports Genesis.
According to Genesis, all creatures (man and animals) were vegans.
Look at today’s cats. Sharp teeth, sharp claws, short digestive tracts, very strong stomach acids…does this sound like a plant-eater to you? Plus, before the relatively recent invention of artificial taurine, cats had to have meat in their diets to survive.
So the alternatives are:
1.Cats evolved, or
2. Genesis is incorrect.
Of course, there is a third theory that the Magic Digestion Fairy came and waved her magic wand and changed vegan creatures into meat eaters overnight…
Miz
In fact the entire nature of the animal kingdom changed at the fall. In the garden of Eden, Adam sailed around in his birthday suit. He did not even have shoes. He walked amongst the animals without fear observing them and naming them. If the creatures had been wild and ferocious then how could he have done this?
The garden of Eden was a paradise and if the lion could roam about tame with Adam then it would be no surprise if it ate grass. The only way we can utilise the account in Genesis is to admit that God performed an incredible miracle at the Fall and changed the very nature of the universe as a consequence of the sin of Adam. If God had the power to make the universe in six days then it should astonish us that he could change the nature of the universe as a result of the sin of Adam.
In fact the evolution account cannot work with the story of Genesis because the world of evolution is a ferocious and violent survival of the fittest world which is nothing like the Garden of Eden which is described as a paradise. You can’t have animals attacking one another and tearing them into pieces for food in paradise.
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grannymh
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What makes the Catholic Church unique is that it is commissioned by Jesus Christ to preserve the Divine Revelation contained in the book of Genesis. Divine Revelation as contained in the Catholic Deposit of Faith goes beyond an individual’s particular interpretation. What is mandated for Catholics is belief in doctrines such as the two sole parents of all humanity.
Blessings,
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Our first parent Adam was the apple of God’s eye.
(example of reality and figurative language)
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Michael_Francis
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