[extropy-chat] against ID

[gts]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:09:09 -0500, Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:

> gts:
>> I'm glad at least that the Vatican knows better than to support ID.
>> Apparently the Catholic Church learned something from Galileo.
>
> The Vatican *Observatory* you mean. I am not sure that the astronomers
> at the Observatory are representing the Pope's view. I will ask them
> next week.

I think you'll find that the Vatican has been a supporter of evolution  
theory for some time. The official Catholic position is that humans  
evolved naturally but are endowed by God with souls.

-gts