Nothing in Catholic doctrine is incompatible with modern Biology. Design as a concept and ‘intelligent design’ as a postulate are not even similar. Design as a concept means that one thinks that the universe was set along ordered lines by an intelligent agent. ‘Intelligent Design’ is the postulate put forward that the biological innovation necessary for common descent requires the intervention of the designer at various points in history.
You wrote: “Nothing in Catholic doctrine is incompatible with modern Biology.”
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I about busted a gut reading that one.
Have you ever thought out the biological implications of the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation? According to Catholic doctrine, during the Eucharist, Catholics devour the actual flesh of Jesus. This “practice” has gone on every day all over the world for thousands of years. Do the math and explain to me how the alchemy behind converting a wafer to flesh in inexhaustible quantities is compatible with biology (not to mention its odd homage to paganistic cannibalistic sacrifice).