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[vicarz]

In response to idiocy like the anti-evolution forces in the US of A, the Catholic church breaks with tradition and says something rational! A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into "fundamentalism" if it ignores scientific reason. He also notes that scientists shouldn't ignore religion - mutual respect :)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051104/ap_on_sc/vatican_science
So they respect science...now if they would only extrapolate from that position and apply it to their social policies we might get along. They do wonderful things with humanitarian aid these days, and I'm tired of eliminating hunger-fighting charities for their ties to the church.

I could use a cupcake right about now.

Comments

[sparklypoof.livejournal.com]

I agree.

let us declare today Cupcake Friday™.

[eriss.livejournal.com]

Get thee to Au Bon Pain now.

[transentient.livejournal.com]

I don't think the Catholic stance on evolution is any new thing. The Church has in recent centuries been an important patron of the sciences and intellectual thought in general. I read something about how there was still a strong strain of "bible as symbolism" in the Church when Darwin was publishing, and the idea that "God raised Man from the beasts of the earth" was cool with them.

They still got a long way to go in my book before I am willing to give up the chip on my shoulder, and seeing as how their current pope left the Nazi party because those guys were just too liberal, I don't think that's going to happen for awhile.

[sunnyfunny.livejournal.com]

i just ate a cupcake mmmmmmm