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Anonymous
'Nother Catholic evolutionist, here.
It's easy for Christianity and evolution to go hand in hand. I really don't see why it needs any explanation, but unfortunately we have a bunch of crazy-ass Protestant fucking morons who take the "Good Book" as a literal account of the history of mankind and disregard every scientific discovery as the work of Satan.
God created everything. Perhaps he created the big bang, or was created during the big bang. Or perhaps we created God, and through our thoughts and prayers brought him into existence. Either way, does it really make a big difference?
If God created the heavens and earth, through trillions of years of forming the universe, or our solar system, or whatever, and then he went on to have a hand in creating life, why couldn't he have a hand in the evolution of species as well?
I have no problem believing God was right there helping apes evolve into neanderthals and homo erectus, the same way I have no problem believing God "created" archeopterix and helped dinosaurs evolve into birds.
Oh, and for the anons wondering about the Catholic church's support of evolution, etc.... A lot of people seem to think Christianity is what brought Europe into the Dark Ages. Those people need to go back to history class and reread the chapter about the barbarian tribes of the north all but destroying the Roman civilization. That loss of knowledge when the Roman Empire collapsed is what caused the Dark Ages, not the rise of Christianity. In fact, up until the Renaissance (and even through then) much of the scientific research we take advantage of today was done by monks. For example I believe a lot of our basic understanding of plant biology comes from the research and records that monks did in their gardens. Many of the greatest scientists of those decades were clergymen or educated in the church.
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