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Old 07-01-2013, 17:47   #141
ironyoshi
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Originally Posted by 98G View Post
The problem(s) I see in the blogger's opinion is that it mis-represents science and the Catholic Church. You might look at the definition post (#175). As for religion, as Catholics (and I am one), here is the Pope's actual explanation versus the blogger's interpretation.
You must be referring to the article Surf n Turf linked (instead of the comment excerpted), but I don't see the conflict between Father Coyne's summarized remarks and the full text of the Pope's address.

Certainly the Pope specified that " theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the spirit as emerging from the forces of living matter or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man," so Coyne's remarks are lacking some context, but I don't see a conflict.
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