Pope Francis: 'The Big Bang & Evolution are true. God is not a Magician'

[DonDadda59]

Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real and God isn't 'a magician with a magic wand'



[I]Francis goes against Benedict XVI

[Jailblazers7]

Can't the next pope just come along and say "Pope Francis was on crack. That heathen was wrong about everything"?

[DonDadda59]

Can't the next pope just come along and say "Pope Francis was on crack. That heathen was wrong about everything"?

Yup. But it seems like outside of Emperor Palpatine, most of the modern popes accept evolution and the big bang as fact.

[DonDadda59]

God sawed my bitch in half

And she died. Magicians don't actually kill bitches.

[HitandRun Reggie]

Wasn't this same topic posted a few days ago

[boozehound]

Can't the next pope just come along and say "Pope Francis was on crack. That heathen was wrong about everything"?

except that his statement is in line with the church's position since the 70s (?). Most other major christian sects have put out similar statements over the years. Its really only the "evangelicals" or "bible" churches that are hard-core evolution deniers. Of course, many individual adherents of any particular sect are confused on the issue, but most major churches agree that evolution is compatible with their view of the bible. Other groups, like the LDS, have stayed silent on it and let individual members make their own decisions.

[embersyc]

Waiting for the first Atheist Pope.

"People there is no god, but we have a good thing going with this whole Catholism thing, so why let facts **** it up?"

[DukeDelonte13]

except that his statement is in line with the church's position since the 70s (?). Most other major christian sects have put out similar statements over the years. Its really only the "evangelicals" or "bible" churches that are hard-core evolution deniers. Of course, many individual adherents of any particular sect are confused on the issue, but most major churches agree that evolution is compatible with their view of the bible. Other groups, like the LDS, have stayed silent on it and let individual members make their own decisions.

this.

[cuad]

Big Bang was real?! Conceding evolution is fine, but big bang may be a step too far.

[~primetime~]

Good for him

religion and science can exist together

they need to view it as though the laws of science were designed

[DonDadda59]

[QUOTE=~primetime~
they need to view it as though the laws of science were designed[/QUOTE]

They really don't but they choose to (by necessity to keep the money train rolling ). But it's a huge step up from the idiots who watch the Flintstones like it was a documentary.

[nzamcdza]

Big Bang was real?! Conceding evolution is fine, but big bang may be a step too far.

Why??

[MavsSuperFan]

guess all the previous popes were fallible lmao Catholics

[magic chiongson]

except that his statement is in line with the church's position since the 70s (?). Most other major christian sects have put out similar statements over the years. Its really only the "evangelicals" or "bible" churches that are hard-core evolution deniers. Of course, many individual adherents of any particular sect are confused on the issue, but most major churches agree that evolution is compatible with their view of the bible. Other groups, like the LDS, have stayed silent on it and let individual members make their own decisions.

this. just the media hyping stuff. here are better written articles that tells isn't something new from the Catholic church:

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/...bang-are-true/

http://www.ucatholic.com/blog/pius-xii-1951/

[quote]The Church and the Popes have long been patrons of the sciences, from the earliest developments of the scientific method by Roger Bacon, OFM, a Franciscan Friar to [B]Monseigneur Georges Lema

[sweggeh]

This Pope is making Christianity look stupid as hell these days. No conviction at all. How can Christianity be legit when pretty much everything in the Bible at this point is proven to be wrong and then rejected by Christians?

Why don't they just discontinue this religion already?