November 10, 2005

• This just in... The Vatican has rejected the "Intelligent Design" view proposed by fundamentalists.

  
  

  
  

  ...The Genesis description of how God created the universe and Darwin's theory of evolution were "perfectly compatible" if the Bible were read correctly.

  
  

  His statement was a clear attack on creationist campaigners in the US, who see evolution and the Genesis account as mutually exclusive.

  
  

  "The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim," [Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture] said at a Vatican press conference. He said the real message in Genesis was that "the universe didn't make itself and had a creator".

  
  

  The Catholic Church has come a long way from prosecuting the heretic that claimed that the sun didn't revolve around the earth.  Though they've had problems in the past, I think the Catholic Church is one of the strongest religions in terms of intelligent theology.  If you're ever wondering about a religious issue, check their Catechism (kinda a theological encyclopedia).  Notably, see: Science and Faith, and Science as a service of man, and the creation account.

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