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Subject Evolution in the bible, says Vatican - Catholic Church defends Charles Darwin

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It seems odd to me that the big wigs in the Catholic Church are so quick to defend Charles Darwin's theory of evolution instead of examining the evidence on both isles of scientific thought from qualified men whose arguments include the basis for creation by a Creator.

"Numerous types of 'genes', controlling in a complex and not-yet-understood way (of) the various physical characteristics of the oragnism, can combine and 'recombine' is various ways to generate a great variety of individual features, so that no two individuals are ever exactly alike....

There is no evidence whatever that such limited horizontal changes ever become the unlimited vertical changes required for real evolution to take place. 'Microevolution', as some call this type of change, has no demonstrated connection with 'macroevolution', at least as far as any actual physical evidence goes. Within all human history, there has never been one single example of any kind of organism evolving into a truly new 'species' at the same level...."

The above would indicate that how the world came to be, and everthing in it, demands further scientific investigation, and the Vatican should not be the first to decide the issue.  As far as I'm concerned, the concept of evolution fits in nicely with the plan of the NWO to eliminate God in our lives, denying Him credit where credit is due.  At any rate, the individual should decide for themselves whether the evidence shows either the truth  that God created as it is written, or go ahead and accept a theory of creation that has never been proven.
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Original Message THE Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin, voicing strong criticism of Christian fundamentalists who reject his theory of evolution and interpret the biblical account of creation literally.

Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, said the Genesis description of how God created the universe and Darwin´s theory of evolution were "perfectly compatible" if the Bible were read correctly.

His statement was a clear attack on creationist campaigners in the US, who see evolution and the Genesis account as mutually exclusive.

"The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim," he said at a Vatican press conference. He said the real message in Genesis was that "the universe didn´t make itself and had a creator".

This idea was part of theology, Cardinal Poupard emphasised, while the precise details of how creation and the development of the species came about belonged to a different realm - science. Cardinal Poupard said that it was important for Catholic believers to know how science saw things so as to "understand things better".

His statements were interpreted in Italy as a rejection of the "intelligent design" view, which says the universe is so complex that some higher being must have designed every detail.

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