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The pontiff, speaking as he was concluding his holiday in northern Italy, also said that while there is much scientific proof to support evolution, the theory could not exclude a role by God.
“They are presented as alternatives that exclude each other,” the pope said. “This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being as such.”
He said evolution did not answer all the questions: “Above all it does not answer the great philosophical question, ‘Where does everything come from?’”
Though not necessarily a revelation for some religious figureheads to proclaim so-called respect towards evolution, it is not such a impressive concession considering that the religious probably know as much about their own faiths as they do about real science.
You can't have it both ways.
It is one thing to say that science does not answer our origins. It possibly cannot. But still, to just glaze over it and say, "well, it must be God," is such an incredible gap of logic that science simply is not prepared to make, and thus, earning my respect.
Of course, no practicing theologists will be able to explain where god comes from, thus making their "origins" point mute. This is to say nothing of the incredible intricacies of religious belief and the church itself, the sheer egoism of believing in the correct deity and knowing what that deity wants and doesn't want.
It is a silly admission, in the end, because the religious will never give science the credit it deserves, or really seem to provide signs of a real understanding of how science utterly demolishes theism over and over again. Their faith is a comfort blanket that they cannot rid of, no matter how unnecessary.
(And may I speculate that the real reason for all this talk of fusing religion with science is merely a conversion strategy for the more reason-minded individuals.)
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