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:: Friday, May 05, 2006 ::
I Always Thought It Was Heretical
Via Pharyngula, it seems that a Vatican astronomer has declared our own John Bambenek, and all other Creationists, to be pagans.
Brother Consolmagno, who works in a Vatican observatory in Arizona and as curator of the Vatican meteorite collection in Italy, said a "destructive myth" had developed in modern society that religion and science were competing ideologies.
He described creationism, whose supporters want it taught in schools alongside evolution, as a "kind of paganism" because it harked back to the days of "nature gods" who were responsible for natural events.
Brother Consolmagno argued that the Christian God was a supernatural one, a belief that had led the clergy in the past to become involved in science to seek natural reasons for phenomena such as thunder and lightning, which had been previously attributed to vengeful gods. "Knowledge is dangerous, but so is ignorance. That's why science and religion need to talk to each other," he said. Cue whining from the ultra-orthodox Catholic community.
:: The Squire 3:22 PM :: email this post :: ::
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