IUK:Francis explained that both scientific theories were not incompatible with the existence of a creator – arguing instead that they “require it”. “Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.” The Catholic Church has long had a reputation for being anti-science – most famously when Galileo faced the inquisition and was forced to retract his “heretic” theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. *The Catholic Church forced Gallileo to renounce his work, tried him for heresy, found him guilty, banned his work, and then confined him to house arrest for the rest of his life. It turned out that Galileos scientific research on heliocentrism was correct--- the earth and other planets and heavenly bodies in our solar system do revolve around the sun, and the earth is not the center of the universe.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 22:00:25 +0000
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