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To: Strategerist; Echo Talon
Well, if you believe that we evolved from the ocean into an ape and then into a human, you sure as heck aren't a Christian or Jew.

There are a great many Christians and Jews that would disagree with you.

Pope John Paul II being one of them.

“[N]ew findings lead us toward the recognition of evolution as more than a hypothesis. In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of discoveries in different scholarly disciplines. The convergence in the results of these independent studies—which was neither planned nor sought—constitutes in itself a significant argument in favor of the theory.”

“A theory is a meta-scientific elaboration, which is distinct from, but in harmony with, the results of observation. With the help of such a theory a group of data and independent facts can be related to one another and interpreted in one comprehensive explanation. The theory proves its validity by the measure to which it can be verified. It is constantly being tested against the facts; when it can no longer explain these facts, it shows its limits and its lack of usefulness, and it must be revised.”

         -- Pope John Paul II, 23 October 1996.

57 posted on 04/13/2005 7:58:33 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: AntiGuv
I'm not Catholic
62 posted on 04/13/2005 8:04:57 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: AntiGuv; PatrickHenry

Hey AntiGuv, keep this JP II quote handy. He does a great job defining "theory" and how theories are "supported" by observations. Maybe some of the creationoids will read his words while they would just ignore PH's list of links.


80 posted on 04/13/2005 9:03:30 PM PDT by furball4paws (Ho, Ho, Beri, Beri and Balls!)
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