Pope Says God Behind Theories Like Big Bang

Also a lot of Catholic schools teach evolution in their science classes and have been for many years. It's actually other christian dominations that insist on creationism be taught in science class and not in theology class where it should be.

I thought they have started to bend on the condoms things.

For the most part my discussion of the catholic church has deviated from the normal church bashing that has gone on.

Let's try to keep this up before it blows up, lol.

Condoms only when you can reduce infection (such as HIV) but for birth control that is baaad.

Basically, with the catholic church they may eventually change their policy but it is usually a bit late.

It's irrelevant because everyone knows the big bang is a big pile of balls. Honestly it makes me lol when people claim to know how the universe was created when relatively speaking we know absolutely nothing about it.

They're getting closer to the truth every day though.
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generates a 'mini-Big Bang'

Henry the 8th iirc

na both should be ridiculed relentlessly, faith should never be protected.

indeed

Now he says god is behind evolution as well.

How can an all knowing and perfect being create a natural process like evolution?

I found this somewhat interesting and scary at the same time.

This only further leads to a positive conclusion that when translating the bible to multiple languages, the translators DID in fact edit their versions to reflect what they wanted the commonwealth to know.

Proving that religion WAS used as a control mechanism back during the medieval eras. And perhaps did in fact slow the production of mankind, technology wise at least.

Thus we must turn back to the Qur'an the original source of the religion in order to see what was altered.

As far as evolution goes it is a change that occurs over time and everyone knows anything that exists changes or dies. And in place of one organism dying another takes its place or multiples (thrive). So Darwinists rejoice at the fact that common sense does exist still in the world, even if not amongst humans. Yet evolution denies nor proves anything of an existence of a higher being. In which case all you Roswell fans rejoice because Aliens do still have a shot at existing, the Aliens of course being God or Gods.

Definition for Alien : "Beyond or Not of belonging to the Earth."

begin laser lights and spooky noises.

Raborn's posts get progressively funnier.

What exactly is the surprise here? Obviously Catholics are going to believe the Universe was created/had a begining, the big bang is an account of the early evolution of the universe - not its creation (it does not state how it came from nothing) so...? The only significant thing I find in this is that the Pope said Genesis shouldn't be read literally.

Catholics believe in a beginning (obviously) > scientist found a point near the beginning...so where is the contradiction/catholic-hypocrisy or surprise?

IN FACT. A lot of scientist HATED the big bang theory at first because of its philosophical implications, implying that the universe was not infinite and at once needed a beginning.... just sayin.

Nice Necro bumping a Thread thats 2 months old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGIen0Pp7TQ

I didnt see it two months ago, and what would you have said if I posted a new thread on the same subject? "Double thread moron"? Whats your suggested action for someone who wants to make a point?

Well since Christians believe that everything is the work of God (except when it's the work of the devil), this certainly fits into the church's belief system.

I can't say that I believe anything mainstream, but perhaps instead of saying that the universe is "chance" or directly created by a divine, omnipotent being they could come to a middle ground like this. God made the big bang happen and things developed from there. Like in Futurama, season 5 episode 9 "A Clockwork Origin." (I find it hilarious that futurama got this idea out before the Catholic church personally)

I think you'd be mis-representing atheist scientist by saying they believe it to be "chance". Unless you mean in the sense that human beings came out of it, but the universe as a whole I dont think so.