Subject: What Does The Catholic Church Teach about Origins?
To: Dr. Albert Gapud
From:Joseph U[.]
a Christian (Catholic) parentWinnipeg, Manitoba Canada
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Hello Dr. Gapud,
In part of the article Don't be distracted by intelligent design Press-Register - al.com - Mobile,AL,USA you wrote:
I consider myself a devout Roman Catholic Christian. My family and I are deeply religious, as are a great number of scientists across America and around the world who see no conflict between science and religion.
I would like to bring to your attention an online article by other devout Catholic Christians who come to the ...
CONCLUSION: Natural science offers no evidence that would contradict the plain and obvious sense of Genesis 1-11, the consensus of the Fathers of the Church, or the magisterial teaching of the Catholic Church on creation and the origins of man and the universe.
(see below).
What Does The Catholic Church Teach about Origins?
(Partial quote)
- God created everything "in its whole substance" from nothing (ex nihilo) in the beginning. (Lateran IV; Vatican Council I)
- Genesis does not contain purified myths. (Pontifical Biblical Commission 1909[1])
-Genesis contains real history—it gives an account of things that really happened. (Pius XII)
- Adam and Eve were real human beings—the first parents of all mankind. (Pius XII) . . .
- The "beginning" of the world included the creation of all things, the creation of Adam and Eve and the Fall (Jesus Christ [Mark 10:6]; Pope Innocent III; Blessed Pope Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus).
. . .- Evolution must not be taught as fact, but instead the pros and cons of evolution must be taught. (Pius XII, Humani Generis)
. . .
What Does Cutting-Edge Science Teach about Origins?
- Molecules-to-man evolutionary theory violates the second law of thermodynamics by positing spontaneous increases in order through random interactions of matter.
- Molecules-to-man evolutionism violates the Law of Biogenesis: Life does not come from non-life.
- The specific complexity of genetic information in the genome does not increase spontaneously. Therefore, there is no natural process whereby reptiles can turn into birds, land mammals into whales, or chimpanzees into human beings.. . .- All organisms are irreducibly complex. Therefore, in order for any kind of organism to exist, all of the essential parts of that organism must be fully functioning from the beginning of its existence.
. . .
- There is no gradualism in the fossil record, no intermediate types.
CONCLUSION:
Natural science offers no evidence that would contradict the plain and obvious sense of Genesis 1-11, the consensus of the Fathers of the Church, or the magisterial teaching of the Catholic Church on creation and the origins of man and the universe.
Quoted from:What Does The Catholic Church Teach about Origins? http://www.kolbecenter.org/church_teaches.htm
Genesis 1-11 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis1-11;&version=31;
The Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation - http://www.kolbecenter.org/ Advisory Council - http://www.kolbecenter.org/KCAdvisorsforWeb8.htmSincerely,
Joseph
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Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 22:06:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Albert Gapud
Subject:Re: What Does The Catholic Church Teach about Origins?
Thank you, Mr. U[…], for confirming the most important points of the essay.
When you listed the (outdated, out-of-context) statements from the Catholic Church, at least you actually cited some sources. When you listed what you took to be scientific statements, you did not cite any sources.
By the way, there is no biological principle that says humans evolved from chimpanzees. And the second law of thermodynamics deals with the NET entropy change of only one chemical cycle. These are just two examples of science misconceptions that intelligent-design proponents use to fool us into a distrust of science -- successfully, in your case.
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