Comment by Barrin92
1 month ago
>It even accepts evolution and the big bang theory
There's no need for "even" in the sentence. Georges Lemaître who was the originator of the big bang theory was a literal catholic priest and theoretical physicist, and funnily enough the theory was originally accused of bringing religious bias into physics.
Likewise prominent Catholics who were Darwin's contemporaries like John Henry Newman had no issue with evolution back then either. The Church fathers never read the bible like a positivist text. (this is a very 20th century fundamentalist invention)
True, but in online discussion about religion, Genesis (aka the big bang and evolution) is often the most contended point, even for those who don't have a literal view of the Bible. the discovery of chemical elements or the proof of Fermat's theorem is also scientific, but has another weight than the aforementioned two. Hence "even."