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Catholics believe in evolution. With the catholic interpretation of the bible, science is generally seen as the how and the religious side as the why.

camus 14y ago
evolution is not a belief , it is a scientific fact. And the genesis is in direct contradiction with the theory of evolution.
- littlegiantcap 14y ago
  Yeah, well if we want to split hairs Evolution is theory. Granted a pretty good one, but still. Another thing is you're assuming Catholics are biblical literalist (hint: we aren't). Think of some things in the bible (part of the book of genesis for instance) as more of fables or stories intended to teach us lessons.
- rmc 14y ago
  Catholics don't believe in what is literally the Bible says. I they have the church, priests etc to interpret it. Catholics used to not read the Bible, there were literally wars fought over different groups about whether the common man should be allowed to read the Bible.
rmc 14y ago
Yep Catholicism allows evolution. However Catholics fight science that says anything about sex, science says condoms are effective at stopping STDs incl. AIDS, but Catholics disagree. Science says that by almost any measure of relationship happiness same sex couple are just as loving as different sex couples, but Catholics fight that. Science says master nation can be helpful, Catholics think it's always bad, etc.
- littlegiantcap 14y ago
  The pope has said condoms can be used to help stop the spread of aids in some circumstances. I wouldn't really classify homosexual marriage as "science" but the catholic prohibition on it deals more with natural law and sex having to have both the dual purposes of procreation and the loving aspect as well. We're quickly wading into the philosophical belief side of things. My entire point was essentially that while some catholic beliefs may conflict with what you believe they don't reject scientific evidence out of hand like people seemed to be suggesting.

camus 14y ago

evolution is not a belief , it is a scientific fact. And the genesis is in direct contradiction with the theory of evolution.

littlegiantcap 14y ago
Yeah, well if we want to split hairs Evolution is theory. Granted a pretty good one, but still. Another thing is you're assuming Catholics are biblical literalist (hint: we aren't). Think of some things in the bible (part of the book of genesis for instance) as more of fables or stories intended to teach us lessons.
rmc 14y ago
Catholics don't believe in what is literally the Bible says. I they have the church, priests etc to interpret it. Catholics used to not read the Bible, there were literally wars fought over different groups about whether the common man should be allowed to read the Bible.

rmc 14y ago

Yep Catholicism allows evolution. However Catholics fight science that says anything about sex, science says condoms are effective at stopping STDs incl. AIDS, but Catholics disagree. Science says that by almost any measure of relationship happiness same sex couple are just as loving as different sex couples, but Catholics fight that. Science says master nation can be helpful, Catholics think it's always bad, etc.

littlegiantcap 14y ago
The pope has said condoms can be used to help stop the spread of aids in some circumstances. I wouldn't really classify homosexual marriage as "science" but the catholic prohibition on it deals more with natural law and sex having to have both the dual purposes of procreation and the loving aspect as well. We're quickly wading into the philosophical belief side of things. My entire point was essentially that while some catholic beliefs may conflict with what you believe they don't reject scientific evidence out of hand like people seemed to be suggesting.