Says evolution’s okay, tells bloggers to stop arguing about him
A senior Roman Catholic cardinal seen as a champion of "intelligent design" against Darwin’s explanation of life has described the theory of evolution as "one of the very great works of intellectual history".
Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn said he could believe both in divine creation and in evolution because one was a question of religion and the other of science, two realms that complimented rather than contradicted each other.
Schoenborn’s view, presented in a lecture published by his office on Tuesday, tempered earlier statements that seemed to ally the Church with United States conservatives campaigning against the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Yes, that’s exactly what I thought when I read that NYTimes piece he wrote. He wants them to stop teaching evolution in American public schools.
Vienna Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn made new comments on the on-going debate on evolution vs. intelligent design, saying both were complementary:
He presented his views on Sunday, in the first conference of what is to become a nine-month cycle of lectures, with the title “Creation and Evolution.” Each lecture will take place at the Vienna Cathedral.
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