News: Vatican states Darwin’s theory compatible with Bible. No apology, though.
Today, the Vatican said the theory of evolution is compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles Darwin for the cold reception they gave him 150 years ago.
Christian churches were long hostile to Darwin because his theory conflicted with the literal biblical account of creation. Earlier this week a leading Anglican churchman said the Church of England owed Darwin an apology for the way his ideas were received by Anglicans in Britain. The Vatican has no intention of apologising for earlier negative views, though.
"Maybe we should abandon the idea of issuing apologies as if history was a court eternally in session," the Vatican's culture minister said. (Full)
[Ed: Maybe history should be a court eternally in session. Maybe then we could indite some of the past popes for crimes against humanity, no?...]
Peter. Flemish, European, aid worker, expeditioner, sailor, traveller, husband, father, friend, nutcase. Not necessarily in that order.
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I think it would be above them to apologize. But, at least, to acknowledge Darwin is already something.
Peter
PS. I will go for the meme, don't worry.
---so guess if I get wierd looks, I can kinda just give em a sheepish grin and blame it on the "broccoli in the family tree?
Don't worry, Garry! I get those weird looks every day!
Broccoli? My parents always said it was cauliflower!
;-)
P
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