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Evolution and the Catholic faith. Page 1
A discussion given at the
'The Holy Family Centre' in Prussia Street, Dublin 7.
by Catholic layman Pól Spaineach on the 20/11/2006
In tonight’s discussion, I’m going to talk about a contentious issue,
which perhaps mystifies many people around the world. Tonight, I’m going to
discuss evolution and the Catholic Faith in the context of the ongoing creation
evolution debate.
So what is creation and what is evolution to begin with?
Well for this discussion, creation or creationism is the belief that God made the
world under 10,000 years ago and that the first book of the Bible, Genesis is a
historical account of the earth, the universe, as well as the animal kingdom along
with Human beginnings.
Evolution is the belief that the universe, began from a cosmic big bang over billions
of years ago and over millions and millions of years galaxies formed with stars and
planets including this planet Earth. Once the planet Earth had been established then
came water, vegetation, fish and birds along with the animal kingdom and last of all
us Humans began to appear. Some believe that God evidently directed this naturalistic
process, others believe it happened by pure random chance.
Can creationism be taken seriously?
At first glance the generally accepted answer is no! However this issue would not
be an issue, if it were not for the fact that certain people, mainly of an evangelical
protestant outlook feel that today’s science, as technologically advanced that it has
become is being used rather effectively to deny the existence of a personal God.
Furthermore on closer inspection of the science of evolution, it appears that there are
certain problems with the generally accepted theory which is not being made
known to the public.
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