The Catholic Position
What is the Catholic position concerning belief or unbelief in evolution? The question may never be finally settled, but there are definite parameters to what is acceptable Catholic belief.
Concerning cosmological evolution, the Church has infallibly defined that the universe was specially created out of nothing. Vatican I solemnly defined that everyone must "confess the world and all things which are contained in it, both spiritual and material, as regards their whole substance, have been produced by God from nothing" (Canons on God the Creator of All Things, canon 5).
The Church does not have an official position on whether the stars, nebulae, and planets we see today were created at that time or whether they developed over time (for example, in the aftermath of the Big Bang that modern cosmologists discuss). However, the Church would maintain that, if the stars and planets did develop over time, this still ultimately must be attributed to God and his plan, for Scripture records: "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host [stars, nebulae, planets] by the breath of his mouth" (Ps. 33:6).
Concerning biological evolution, the Church does not have an official position on whether various life forms developed over the course of time. However, it says that, if they did develop, then they did so under the impetus and guidance of God, and their ultimate creation must be ascribed to him.
Concerning human evolution, the Church has a more definite teaching. It allows for the possibility that man’s body developed from previous biological forms, under God’s guidance, but it insists on the special creation of his soul. Pope Pius XII declared that "the teaching authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions . . . take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter—[but] the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God" (Pius XII, Humani Generis 36). So whether the human body was specially created or developed, we are required to hold as a matter of Catholic faith that the human soul is specially created; it did not evolve, and it is not inherited from our parents, as our bodies are.
While the Church permits belief in either special creation or developmental creation on certain questions, it in no circumstances permits belief in atheistic evolution.
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"Concerning cosmological evolution, the Church has infallibly defined that the universe was specially created out of nothing."
Infallibly? The idiot Pope can never make a mistake? I could quit right here because I have already established the fact that Catholics are gullible morons. Nobody is infallible. It's ridiculous to pretend otherwise.
Specially created? Translated that means "a god fairy waved its magic wand". Religious tards have countless code words for magic. Why don't they just call magic "magic"?
Catholics, if you invoke magic for anything you're an anti-science retard.
"The Church does not have an official position on whether the stars, nebulae, and planets we see today were created at that time or whether they developed over time (for example, in the aftermath of the Big Bang that modern cosmologists discuss). However, the Church would maintain that, if the stars and planets did develop over time, c, for Scripture records: "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host [stars, nebulae, planets] by the breath of his mouth" (Ps. 33:6)."
The Church does not have an official position on what is settled science? What's the problem? Are they afraid to offend their more stupid members?
"if the stars and planets did develop over time"
Why do they say "if"? Solar systems did develop over time and astronomers can see this process taking place right now. Again it looks like the Pope is trying to not lose his most retarded customers.
"this still ultimately must be attributed to God and his plan"
Again the pope invokes magic. Everything is magic with these Catholic assholes. They're no better than Bible thumpers and in fact in the next sentence the Bible is thumped -- "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host [stars, nebulae, planets] by the breath of his mouth"
If the bullshit is in the Bible then it must be true. There is absolutely no difference between Catholics and anti-science Baptists. They're all idiots for the dead Jeebus.
"Concerning biological evolution, the Church does not have an official position on whether various life forms developed over the course of time. However, it says that, if they did develop, then they did so under the impetus and guidance of God, and their ultimate creation must be ascribed to him."
Again there's "no official position". There's room in the Catholic Death Cult for everyone, no matter how uneducated and superstitious they are. Must keep those contributions coming in so priests don't have to go to prison for raping children.
Life forms did develop over the course of time. That's the most basic fact of science.
"However, it says that, if they did develop, then they did so under the impetus and guidance of God, and their ultimate creation must be ascribed to him."
"If they did develop" is equal to saying "If the world is not flat".
The god fairy guides evolution with its magic wand. Catholic tards got to stick their magic everywhere. They have no choice because nobody wants to believe in a fairy that never had anything to do.
Sorry Catholic tards, but magic is not one of the mechanisms of any natural process, including evolution.
In the next paragraph the bullshit really burns out of control. It's impossible to write anything more hopelessly stupid than these ridiculous fantasies:
"Concerning human evolution, the Church has a more definite teaching. It allows for the possibility that man’s body developed from previous biological forms, under God’s guidance, but it insists on the special creation of his soul. Pope Pius XII declared that "the teaching authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions . . . take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter—[but] the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God" (Pius XII, Humani Generis 36). So whether the human body was specially created or developed, we are required to hold as a matter of Catholic faith that the human soul is specially created; it did not evolve, and it is not inherited from our parents, as our bodies are."
There are Muslims who accept evolution without magic but only for non-humans. Therefore Catholics are about equal to Muslim terrorists, equally insane.
The Pope calls the evolution of modern human apes a possibility which is like saying it's possible the earth is not flat.
The pope insists on the special creation of the soul. This childish bullshit is necessary for the survival of all religious cults. No soul = no heaven = nobody bothers to waste their money in churches and mosques.
The soul is magically created, but only for human apes. The other Great Ape species, the chimps, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans, they don't get a magically created soul that magically flies up to a magical paradise to magically transform itself into the dead stinking corpse it left behind and then it magically returns to a magical life.
What fucking bullshit. Grow up Catholic scum.
This crap really pisses me off:
"While the Church permits belief in either special creation or developmental creation on certain questions, it in no circumstances permits belief in atheistic evolution."
Evolution does not need any adjectives. These imbeciles for the dead Jeebus never talk about atheistic gravity or atheistic orbits. Always religious tards, whether they're Baptists, Muslim terrorists, or Catholics, always they stick magic into evolutionary biology. This just shows how terrified they are of evolution. The religious implications of evolution are obvious. It kills every god fantasy ever invented. So they don't look too bloody stupid the tards sometimes pretend they accept evolution but polluting this branch of science with magic is not accepting it.
One more time Catholic tards, Christian tards, and Muslim tards, magic is not a mechanism of any branch of science. Understand?
No, of course they don't understand. If religious people were able to think they wouldn't be religious.
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