Pope says evolution can't be proven...

[meldroc]

Yet more verbal diarrhea from Pope Palpatine XVI...

BERLIN - Benedict XVI, in his first extended reflections on evolution published as pope, says that Darwin's theory cannot be finally proven and that science has unnecessarily narrowed humanity's view of creation.

In a new book, "Creation and Evolution," published Wednesday in German, the pope praised progress gained by science, but cautioned that evolution raises philosophical questions science alone cannot answer.

"The question is not to either make a decision for a creationism that fundamentally excludes science, or for an evolutionary theory that covers over its own gaps and does not want to see the questions that reach beyond the methodological possibilities of natural science," the pope said.

He stopped short of endorsing intelligent design, but said scientific and philosophical reason must work together in a way that does not exclude faith.

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[kwolf68]

1. Science doesn't prove it

Science's job is to disprove it, which is has not.

By the way Pope, PROVE creation.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. my son, let me give you this book.

that's all the proof you need. trust me. trust my trusted advisors. Ignore the robed man behind the curtain taking those small kids with him.

[Beaverhausen]

2. But God creating the heavens and the earth in 6 days can?

:crazy:

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Neither can the existence of God. Guess we have a stalemate here.

[Fresh_Start]

4. Neither can creation!

"The pope's remarks were consistent with one of his most important themes, that faith and reason are interdependent."

Maybe the pope should look up the meaning of faith since at least one important meaning is belief independent of proof or evidence

[malaise]

Tell Popie that nothing he says can be proved either n/t

[K8-EEE]

5. Pope's Infallability Disproven Many, Many Times

As if anything he stands for can be proven or disproven!

[goddess40]

7. and the stuff in the bible can - sorry but no

There is a lot more evidence of evolution than anything the pope backs.

I recently ran for school board and received a call before the election asking if I would be okay with someone teaching a two week course on fallacies about evolution - I said sure as long as it's factual and open to rebuttal. I think she thought she got the answer she was looking for but I don't agree.

People that want to teach the bible in school don't know what they are asking - what are they going to do when some kid points out it's no different than any other myth based culture?

[Orsino]

8. He wants science to compromise with fables. n/t

[Bjorn Against]

9. Well it can come a lot closer to being proven than pretty much anything in the Bible can n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Nice of him to take time off of covering up for pedophile priests to weigh in. nt

[Kagemusha]

11. What the hell does 'finally proven' mean?

Where in Darwin's theory does it state that it is scientific fact that God had no role in the origin of life? Sounds like a big fat straw man to me. He's declaring God's role in creation has not been scientifically disproven as if that was the idea and the point.

[dysfunctional press]

12. it's amazing to me how many soft-minded morans still give credence to the old fart...

and still buy into the same feeble fairy tales they've been shilling for almost 2000 years.

unless & until the religoids wake up and smell the coffee, mankind is doomed.

[slowry]

13. Science has narrowed our view? How curious.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. The Pope's fucked in the head.

But science proved that years ago.

:shrug;

[Madspirit]

17. Bornagin...doesn't mince words...hee n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. Well, I was worried about offending catholics.

But then I remembered there've been good catholics telling the Pope to fuck off for the last 1500 hundred years. So what the hell...

[Madspirit]

15. The Pope is a Scientist?

Wow. How do I hate religion. Let me count the ways...........
Lee

[SallyMander]

16. the lack of scientific literacy

is very frustrating... not just the pope, but the public as well.

~sally (working on her phd in biology)

[SaveElmer]

19. Well first he is conflating "Creation" with "Evolution"...setting up a strawman...

Evolutionary theory does not attempt to describe the creation of species, only how they evolve once created...

Evolution is as close to scientific fact as one can get...on a par with gravity...

[Proud2BAmurkin]

20. Evolution doesn't preclude creation and he didn't say he buys the fundie myths

The catholics don't buy into Adam and Eve.

[Hardrada]

21. The Supremacy of the Bishop of Rome

not proven either.