Considering the Catholic Faith

Discussion in 'Off Topic Area' started by Vita, Aug 30, 2005.

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Have you donated/helped with the condom issue in Africa?

  1. Yes, i have because i care so much.

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  2. No, i haven't, i just like to complain about the church

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  3. No, i haven't, but i don't complain about the church's involvement

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  1. Topher

    Topher allo!

    I saw a news report today on the Catholic Church finally admiting that certain part of the bible (notably Genesis) should not be taken litrally, after years of saying it should.

    It said they are doing this because no one really believes in it today and they want to be more appealing to the youth of today.
     
  2. wrydolphin

    wrydolphin Pirates... yaarrrr Supporter

    Funny, I had been told years ago by a priest that no one takes Genesis literally within the Catholic Church. Maybe its just an official statement of an unofficial doctrine?
     
  3. Strafio

    Strafio Trying again...

    Yeah, Catholic Church have been saying this for ages.
    It's the American Redneck South you're thinking of. :)
     
  4. Joe_GA

    Joe_GA New Member

    Many of the early Church fathers interpreted Genesis allegorically. The only thing that the Catholic Church has taught consistently is that the human race descended from a single set of parents (which many biologists and anthropologists believe) and that the "fall" is somehow historical, though told in figurative language. So the Church didn't "finally admit" anything. Likely, it merely clarified for others its position.
     
  5. Joe_GA

    Joe_GA New Member

    I would also note that the ancients are not as naive as we might think. In addition to Jewish scholars, such as Philo of Alexandria, and Church fathers, such as Origen and Augustine, who interpreted biblical texts allegorically; there were ancient Greeks who proposed theories of evolution and general discussion among the Greeks as to whether the poets' accounts of the gods should be taken as literal or figurative. If you read Cicero's On the Nature of the Gods, you will find Balbus (A Stoic) given an allegorical interpretation of the Roman gods in terms of natural philosophy as it was understood in those days.
     

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