Dear Goanetters,
There is integration model to be followed between Science and Religion.
Regards.
Fr.Ivo
There is no incompatibility between the truth of Creation and the theory of
evolution
'For the Church, in principle, there is no incompatibility between the truth
of Creation and the scientific theory of evolution. God could have created
a world in evolution, which in itself does not take anything away from
divine causality; on the contrary, it can focus on it better as regards its
wealth and potentiality. ... On the question of the origin of the human
being, an evolutionary process could be admitted in regard to his corporeal
nature, but in the case of the soul, because it is spiritual, a direct
creative action is required on the part of God, given that what is spiritual
cannot be initiated by something that is not spiritual. ... The fact of
being created and loved immediately by God is the only thing that can
justify, in the last instance, the dignity of the human being. ... The human
being is the only creature that God wanted for its own sake; he [the human]
is an end in himself, and cannot be treated as a means to reach any other
end, no matter how noble it is or seems to be."
~ Father Rafael Pascual, Director of the Master's Program in Science and
Faith at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome, quoted in
"Magisterium on Creation and Evolution," ZENIT, December 14, 2005:
http://www.zenit.org/article-14827?1=English.
