As a Catholic, I find that most Catholic's don't hold the Bible to be the literal word of God. The Vatican has said that science and religion need to coexist, and even released a statement about the ruling in Dover stating that ID should not be taught in the classroom (although that statement did not come from the Pope). It is almost like the Christian church that has been around for 2000 years (Catholicism) has learned its lesson, and the modern Christian churches have not. I think it is a little bit scary that there is such a divide within Chrisianity, let alone America or England. I totally agree with your comment about many of these people not reading National Geographic or watching the Discovery Channel. People will believe what they want...
What I am interested in, is what do people who think that the Earth is less then 10,000 years old, think when they pick up a National Geographic magazine, or turn on The Discovery Channel? Is all this information a big lie to them? How about the Genographic Project? Even the "family-friendly" movie March of The Penguins begins with Morgan Freeman stating that penguins have made this journey for millions of years.
It appears that everywhere around us we are exposed to information about the Earth being millions/billions of years old, and yet half of America does not believe this to be true? I'm not taking a stand on the issue, I'm just really confused about why/how people belive these things.
Slashdot Mirror
As a Catholic, I find that most Catholic's don't hold the Bible to be the literal word of God. The Vatican has said that science and religion need to coexist, and even released a statement about the ruling in Dover stating that ID should not be taught in the classroom (although that statement did not come from the Pope). It is almost like the Christian church that has been around for 2000 years (Catholicism) has learned its lesson, and the modern Christian churches have not. I think it is a little bit scary that there is such a divide within Chrisianity, let alone America or England. I totally agree with your comment about many of these people not reading National Geographic or watching the Discovery Channel. People will believe what they want...
What I am interested in, is what do people who think that the Earth is less then 10,000 years old, think when they pick up a National Geographic magazine, or turn on The Discovery Channel? Is all this information a big lie to them? How about the Genographic Project? Even the "family-friendly" movie March of The Penguins begins with Morgan Freeman stating that penguins have made this journey for millions of years.
It appears that everywhere around us we are exposed to information about the Earth being millions/billions of years old, and yet half of America does not believe this to be true? I'm not taking a stand on the issue, I'm just really confused about why/how people belive these things.