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Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real

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Alan H
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Re: Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real

#2 Post by Alan H » March 29th, 2018, 11:39 pm

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Re: Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real

#3 Post by animist » March 30th, 2018, 9:57 am

phew, as a 71-year-old, that's a load off my mind! Though might have been fun conversing with Satan. "Are you the Biblical Satan or the Byronic Satan?" I ask

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Re: Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real

#4 Post by Compassionist » March 30th, 2018, 6:02 pm

That's not what the Bible says. Doesn't the Bible supersede the Pope?

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Re: Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real

#5 Post by animist » March 31st, 2018, 1:04 pm

Compassionist wrote:
That's not what the Bible says. Doesn't the Bible supersede the Pope?
presumably not so if you are a Catholic. This is largely what the Reformation was about, wasn't it? But the Bible is not that clear either, is it?

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Re: Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real

#6 Post by VINDICATOR » March 31st, 2018, 1:26 pm

The Bible can mean anything you want it to. That's why the Bible is recognized by Jews, Christians, Muslims, Mormons, and thousands of other religions/cults/denominations/etc. The trick is to "cherry-pick". You also have to be like a chameleon skilled at explaining by parables and allegories etc.

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Re: Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real

#7 Post by Compassionist » April 1st, 2018, 6:41 pm

VINDICATOR wrote:The Bible can mean anything you want it to. That's why the Bible is recognized by Jews, Christians, Muslims, Mormons, and thousands of other religions/cults/denominations/etc. The trick is to "cherry-pick". You also have to be like a chameleon skilled at explaining by parables and allegories etc.
Have you read http://skepticsannotatedbible.com ? It's my favourite.

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Re: Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real

#8 Post by tempogain » April 2nd, 2018, 11:28 am

Oops, misquoted! Hell still exists! I kind of forgot about this aspect of Catholic theology (it's been a while since my indoctrination :smile: ). I like how the Catholics spell everything out clearly.

Hell

The twisted lawyer's logic used is harder to like.

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