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> The pope once said evolution can still be a fact without changing the belief system of the catholic church. Off-topic, but was this a good example of a "non-
by nfoz 12y ago
> The pope once said evolution can still be a fact without changing the belief system of the catholic church.
Off-topic, but was this a good example of a "non-smooth unprincipled adaptation"? I was taught evolution by Catholics and it never seemed incongruous, but I'm not versed in the history.
- fennecfoxen 12y agoMeh. Catholics, unlike many Protestant groups in midwestern America, have neither the tradition of 'sola scriptura' nor a belief in the Bible as inerrant, infallible historical record (or, for that matter, in the infallibility of every single word uttered by the Pope). Mendel was a monk. Lemaître was a priest. Even the persecution of Galileo was more politically motivated (Urban VIII in his role as Italian nobility) than theological per se.