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posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday October 28 2014, @11:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the he-aint-heavy-he's-il-Papa dept.

The Independent reports that Pope Francis, speaking at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, has declared that the theories of evolution and the Big Bang are real.

“When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so,” said Francis.

“He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment."

Francis explained that both scientific theories were not incompatible with the existence of a creator – arguing instead that they “require it”.

“The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it. Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.”

Experts say the Pope's comments put an end to the “pseudo theories” of creationism and intelligent design that some argue were encouraged by his predecessor, Benedict XVI who spoke out against taking Darwin too far.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Wednesday October 29 2014, @10:38AM

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Wednesday October 29 2014, @10:38AM (#111087) Journal

    Indeed. I think the idea of an all-powerful, universe-encompassing deity that makes the time to peek in through peoples' bedroom windows and make a note of who's poking what body part in where shows a complete lack of appreciation[1] of just how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big time and space actually are. I guess it's natural for a person to tend to think of things in terms of how those things affect him/herself personally, we all do it to an extent. But to imagine that a god with an entire universe to run really gives a crap how much you prayed lately or whether you're eating the wrong kind of meat is to position oneself, or at least the human race, at the very centre of absolutely everything.

    If there is an omnipresent, universe-building deity up there, my guess is that it spares about as much thought and interest in you as you do to a transient individual bacterium in the middle of a colony on the back of some rock that you drove past on the way to work this morning.

    [1] I don't think any human mind can fully appreciate it, but with a little thought and study we can at least begin to appreciate how unappreciable[2] it is.

    [2] If that wasn't a word before, it is now.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday October 29 2014, @11:59AM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 29 2014, @11:59AM (#111100)

    the idea of an all-powerful, universe-encompassing deity that makes the time to peek in through peoples' bedroom windows and make a note of who's poking what body part

    Let us enumerate a hierarchy of stupidity. Dante style. In the first ring of stupidity you have people trying to enforce their will WRT the morality of various sexual activities or cultural attitudes upon SN commenters. Thats pretty dumb, but it gets worse. The next ring of stupidity would be trying to enforce will on the site admins. The next level of stupidity would be trying to enforce their will on political entities, first municipal, eventually the UN.

    Finally, the pinnacle of stupidity, would appear to a bunch of camel f*ckers 2000 years ago talking back to their god like insolent little children, "Well, our backassward 3rd world hellhole doesn't like wimmins or homos, so you think you're all high and mighty creating universes and suns and floods and shit, but around here its our way or the highway so you're officially gonna hate wimmin and homos coincidentally because we do, or you can just run away from home and go create a universe over there or sumptin" I mean really, think about it, trying to lay down the smack on an all powerful all knowning diety who does shit like lightning bolts (oh wait thats his frat bro Zeus). "You better agree with us while you're living under my temple roof, or you're in big trouble you all powerful diety!"

    The greek pagans certainly had one thing right, given all powerful diety / dieties, ignorant hairless apes trying to make sense of them or even worse tell them what to do, just isn't going to pan out well.

    I guess if you're superior to a mere god then its "correct" although maybe a little immoral to tell that mere god what to believe which coincidentally always matches up with ignorant uneducated backwards tribal custom. None the less, I'd make sure the lightning rods on the house are properly connected and maybe get a boat, because an all powerful diety is gonna be pissed at some stupid hairless apes telling him how its gonna be.