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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 VLM on Wednesday October 29 2014, @11:38AM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 29 2014, @11:38AM (#111094)

    As a disclaimer I'm not even a believer and yet if you just bold up a different phrase "let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one" then its not so bad.

    Physics types are going to get all pissed off about the "no hidden local variables" vs his little phrase, but its really not that bad for a scientific layman.

    He probably means to write something like his god created the conditions for human beings and maybe decided exactly when, where, and to whom (oh the pun... say it out loud) some arbitrary first fertilized egg thats in our species. Its still a little overly species-ist.

    My attempts at theological writing would probably suck worse than his attempt at scientific writing. He just Fed up a minor phrase by having it slightly conflict with the rest of the same line of text. Its not perfect but its pretty darn good.

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