Monday, November 07, 2005

Vatican Supports Darwin's Evolution

The Vatican has issued a statement that defends evolution:

Vatican

Per the Australian:

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".


It does not appear that the Vatican or Catholic Church are big fans of the Creationist ideology………… ….I find that a bit strange for some reason……………..