Re: Complexity of life

Matthew Heaney (matthew_heaney@acm.org)
Mon, 08 Nov 1999 11:57:25 -0500

> If [evolution] has occurred then Christians must come to deal with it. To
> date, they are not doing a very good job in that regard.

This isn't quite right. Most "Christians" have come to terms with
evolution (e.g. see my sig below for what Catholics have to say). It is
only a small minority subset of Christians who reject evolutionary
theory in particular, and science in general.

--"It is indeed remarkable that this theory [of evolution] hasprogressively taken root in the minds of researchers following a seriesof discoveries made in different spheres of knowledge," the Pope said.

"The convergence, neither sought nor provoked, of results of studiesundertaken independently from each other constitutes in itself asignificant argument in favour of this theory."

Pope John Paul, 24 Oct 96

<http://christusrex.org/www1/news/10-96/es10-24-96.html>