> Heck, since 1950, even the Catholic Church acknowledges Darwin[1] and says there is no conflict. A bit tangential, but it's inaccurate and unfair to say that

> Heck, since 1950, even the Catholic Church acknowledges Darwin[1] and says there is no conflict. A bit tangential, but it's inaccurate and unfair to say that "even the Catholic Church acknowledges Darwin" because it plays into Protestant and Enlightenment anti-Catholic propaganda that continues to be repeated to this day. The Church is not in the business of making pronouncements about scientific questions as such. It has commented on subjects of a scientific nature in order to clarify any concerns that the Magisterium has perceived in the laity, etc, concerning issues related to or apparently related to doctrinal matters. However, not only is science not in the business of decreeing "official truths and acceptable beliefs", but the Church is not even a scientific institution as such, so there should be no expectation that the Church need to have an official position about such things (it has no position on evolution, for example) because it is not its department.