News: Pope Fires Vatacan Astronomer for Favoring Science & Facts over Fairy Tales and Lollipops.
From The Daily Mail:
Pope sacks astronomer over evolution debate
Pope Benedict XVI has sacked his chief astronomer after a series of public clashes over the theory of evolution.
He has removed Father George Coyne from his position as director of the Vatican Observatory after the American Jesuit priest repeatedly contradicted the Holy See’s endorsement of “intelligent design” theory, which essentially backs the “Adam and Eve” theory of creation.
Intelligent design
Benedict favours intelligent design, which says God directs the process of evolution, over Charles Darwin’s original theory which holds that species evolve through the random, unplanned processes of genetic mutation and the survival of the fittest.
But Father Coyne, the director of the Vatican Observatory for 28 years, is an outspoken supporter of Darwin’s theory, arguing that it is compatible with Christianity.
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Aurora — On 8-25-2006 at 1:22 pm
I just want to point out that this arguement is taking place within the church itself. GO Jesuits!! Yay!
t — On 8-26-2006 at 11:35 am
evolution is the fairy tale of the secularists. Hoyle and others have shown the impossibility of life arising on its own. Science has no clue how life started, and if it was so easy, then it should be simple to mix a few chemicals in a lab, throw in some electricity ala frankensteiin, and life!! but it doesn’t happen like that.
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the New Darwinian Theory says that life, and all the species, arose from genetic mutations. Unfortunately the mutations they use, such as a bacteria becoming drug resistant is an example of losing information (spetner) and it weakens the cell in other ways. To think that such complexity arose just by chance takes much more faith than to think God created it. Of course the same forces that NDT say created life and all this complexity of course cannot work on inanimate objects and produce a computer. But it can take inorganic molecules, and create life….ah yeah….sure ….NDT the fairytale of the secularists.
t — On 8-26-2006 at 8:13 pm
I see you darwiniacs deleted my post….don’t like anything against your hellish religion now do you? as usual you darwiniacs can’t answer the objections, just try to shut up anyone who disagrees….my how ‘liberal’ of you!! hhhahahahhahahhahahahhahhahahhahh
Aaron — On 9-6-2006 at 9:51 am
“Science has no clue how life started”……..
Again, just goes to show that’s it possible to rationalize an argument for anything.
ROSE — On 9-18-2006 at 9:36 am
GOOD ON YOU POPE BENEDICT 16TH HE SOULD HAVE BEEN SACKED LONG AGO.