How do we know there is no contradiction between biology and belief in God? Certainly not by the methods of science. Its called logic…
Scientists: No Contradiction Between Evolutionary Biology And Belief In God
RIMINI, ITALY, August 24 (CNA)
In the so-called “Enlightenment” the classical view of the world was DIVIDED. Two main movements formed which fed off of each other, leaving us with the intense debate we have today:
Fideism (Faith)
“Faith must trample
So maybe it wasn’t an official endorsement but here’s part of Pope Benedict XVI’s Easter Vigil homily on 07 April 2012, where he hammers home an essential point:
Photo from Daylife
Learn these three words:
Occasionalism
Conservationism
Concurrentism
These three words summarize the three main worldviews with regard to the relationship between God and the world…that is every perspective
As has been partially defined in our posts on faith in science (One and Two), faith is essentially non-rational but evidence based (defined not in the restricted sense given by empiricists but also including the type of faith you may have
The importance of presenting a clear understanding of the relationship between faith and reason is becoming ever more important as there is more confusion, skepticism about knowledge and scientism than every before. The Holy Father is aware of
In the last post on faith in science we were left wondering why there is such a strong trust in what the scientific process or method yields for us. Auguste Comte was fascinated with this last stage, this greatest achievement of humanity,
These are the words of the Archbishop Carlos Osoro of Valencia, Spain.
“gran crisis de este mundo, pero especialmente de Europa, es una crisis de fe”
I completely agree. I would become even more specific and say that it is based in