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Part of the article says:
"... instead of reaching out to those with the most extremist positions
and those most staunchly clinging to the notion
that every word of the bible must speak literal truth...."

Appended are some quotes
regarding:
"those most staunchly clinging to the notion
that every word of the bible must speak literal truth"

From:
What does the Catholic Church Teach about Origins?

http://www.kolbecenter.org/church_teaches.htm


(Partial quote):

Genesis does not contain purified myths. (Pontifical Biblical Commission 1909[1])

Genesis contains real history—it gives an account of things that really happened. (Pius XII)

. . .

The "beginning" of the world included the creation of all things, the creation of Adam and Eve and the Fall (Jesus Christ [Mark 10:6]; Pope Innocent III; Blessed Pope Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus).

. . .

All the Fathers who wrote on the subject believed that the Creation days were no longer than 24-hour-days. (Consensus of the Fathers of the Church)

. . .

St. Peter and Christ Himself in the New Testament confirmed the global Flood of Noah. It covered all the then high mountains and destroyed all land dwelling creatures except eight human beings and all kinds of non-human creatures aboard the Ark (Unam Sanctam, 1302)

The historical existence of Noah's Ark is regarded as most important in typology , as central to Redemption. (1566 Catechism of the Council of Trent)

Evolution must not be taught as fact, but instead the pros and cons of evolution must be taught. (Pius XII, Humani Generis)

...

What Does Cutting-Edge Science Teach about Origins?


...

Amino acids do not randomly interact to form living cells through undirected natural processes.

Molecules-to-man evolutionism violates the Law of Biogenesis: Life does not come from non-life.

The specific complexity of genetic information in the genome does not increase spontaneously. Therefore, there is no natural process whereby reptiles can turn into birds, land mammals into whales, or chimpanzees into human beings.

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CONCLUSION:

Natural science offers no evidence that would contradict the plain and obvious sense of Genesis 1-11, the consensus of the Fathers of the Church, or the magisterial teaching of the Catholic Church on creation and the origins of man and the universe.

I just love the evolutionists claims that to believe in God, the Bible, and creation, is to have a position that makes real scientific investigation impossible. May I ask then why it is that many of the major discoveries in the past 200 years were made by men and women who believed in the truth of the Bible?
I have a list of names of hundreds of scientists who believe in the Bible. They are from every branch of science. Yet acccording to the disciples of Darwin, they are all wrong.
How about the ecitntists, of an atheistic bent, who have stated publicly, there is no proof for evolution, but to admit it is to leave the world open to special creation, and that is not acceptable.
And we can't take any notice of Richard Dawkins, as he admits to attacking religion and creationism because of his atheistic views. He is not a true scientist, and many of his peers do not support his arguments.
Come on the scientific world, Just once, admit you haven't a leg to stand on. At least then you will be transparent in the reasons why you reject the truth.

piti63 wrote

I just love the evolutionists claims that to believe in God, the Bible, and creation, is to have a position that makes real scientific investigation impossible. May I ask then why it is that many of the major discoveries in the past 200 years were made by men and women who believed in the truth of the Bible?

That's a straw man. No one I know of has claimed that belief in God and the Bible makes science impossible for a person. There are many good scientists who believe in a personal god.

However, I would bet that not one scientist on piti63's list incorporated God into their scientific explanations for their discoveries. In their scientific work they invoked natural causes, not supernatural causes. It's when supernatural causation is invoked that science is stopped, because the methods of science can't be applied to supernatural entities.

Thank you for your interest in my article, but I think you misunderstand its main point.

Your statement, "I just love the evolutionists claims that to believe in God, the Bible, and creation, is to have a position that makes real scientific investigation impossible," indicates a complete misreading.

The article is about pastors explaining to their congregations that one doesn't have to give up their faith to accept scientific truth. As Mr. RBH wrote, many scientists themselves are quite able to reconcile both.

I encourage you to take another look at what I wrote. Perhaps you might even want to attend one of the services in February? There is a link posted that will show you where services in your hometown are.

Lauri Lebo

Rather than focus on the paltry number of scientists who have chosen to deny the evidence for evolution in front of them, let's look at some of the theologians who find God's ever-present love in the processes of natural selection:

In this evolving universe, God does not dictate the outcome of nature’s activities, but allows the world to become what it is able to become in all of its diversity: one could say that God has a purpose rather than a fixed plan, a goal rather than a blueprint. As the nineteenth-century Anglican minister Charles Kingsley put it, God has made a world that is able to make itself. Polkinghorne states that God has given the world a free process, just as God has given human beings free choice. Divine Love (1 John 4:8) frees the universe and life to develop as they are able to by using all of their divinely given powers and capacities. The universe, as Augustine of Hippo said in the fourth century, is “God’s love song.” Because God’s Love is poured out within the creation, theologian Denis Edwards asserts that “the Trinitarian God is present to every creature in its being and becoming.” These are but some of the concepts that contemporary theologians are offering to account for God’s relationship to an evolving creation.

From the Episcopal Church's Catechism of Creation.