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Re: Baptists, the Pope and Evolution...Marc Satterwhite (MTSATT01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu)Mon, 28 Oct 96 10:46:01 EST
mycol1@unm.edu (Bryant) writes: >In article <3270EDD7.325E@mustang.uwo.ca>, >Emir Mohammed <emohamme@mustang.uwo.ca> wrote: > >>What is this I hear about the Pope (and the church) accepting >>evolution as being real??????????????? > >Not really new. The Vatican scientists signed on to a letter condemning >creationism being taught as science a few years back. > >>(This should be interesting... >>as we see how these "staunch" fundamentalist creationists worm their >>way out of this one - assuming, of course, that this story about the >>Pope and Evolution is true)... > >The hard core fundamentalist protestants I have interacted with will >simply reply that the Pope is the Devil's puppet, or something similar. > >Bryant Interestingly, a spokeman for the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (a __very__ conservative place these days) was quoted as saying the Pope's pronouncement was "welcome." The article in the paper didn't elaborate much and I am left wondering if the Southern Baptist Convention has an official position on creation v. evolution and what is taught at the Seminary. I was very much susprised by the citation in the paper. Could it have been a really drastic error? --MTS
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