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Re: Papal support of evolution
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 11 Mar 2000 06:00:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > > I'm curious, BTW, what Catholic Christians think of Pope John Paul II's
> > > statement. Was he misquoted or misquoted? Is he a quack? Is he closer to
> > > God than the rest of us?
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> > Hmm...misquoted or misquoted... do I have another choice? ;)
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> Hehheh...I meant to say, "Was he misunderstood or misquoted?"
I remember the incident, but I got the impression (wrongly perhaps) at the time
that he was refering more to a church position than his own opinion. A quack?
He's a phony doctor?!? He should be down on Wilshire in L.A. working the
Miracle Mile? :-)
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> > Nope, JP II did indeed say that (or similar). As to him being a quack or
> > closer to God than the rest of us - I'm not qualified to judge that. I
> > don't think he's a quack, but sufficient bureaucracy can hide any number of
> > character flaws. Closer to God? <shrug> He seems holier than I, but he
> > could be a rotter that can act well. The state of his holiness isn't any
> > of my business, except as it relates to the church on earth - and he seems
> > to be doing an OK job with it, considering it's a 2000 year old bureaucracy.
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> Well, the amazing thing (IMHO) is this: Because PJP2 is the official head of
> the RCC, it is the official position of the RCC that DE isn't rubbish. That's
> a very open-minded and progressive position for the RCC to take -- and a wise
> change of direction if it still expects Catholicism to have any hope of being
> around in another 2000 years.
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> --Todd
Losing every fight it picked with science tends to wise up even stodgy old
religions like Catholicism. Note that it is the not-so-wised-up Protestants in
this country (USA) that are dooming themselves to repeat history because they
haven't learned.
Bruce
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| (...) The Catholic Church accepted the possibility of evolution back in the 1960s. (I think it may have been earlier, with Vatican II.) The only requirement of a Christian, said the Catholic clergy, was that they understand that at some point God (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Hehheh...I meant to say, "Was he misunderstood or misquoted?" (...) Well, the amazing thing (IMHO) is this: Because PJP2 is the official head of the RCC, it is the official position of the RCC that DE isn't rubbish. That's a very open-minded (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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