The Vatican rejects intelligent design
Nov. 11th, 2005 12:53 amWow, I can't believe the Vatican has come out so strongly against the Christian fundamentalists. I mean, I can believe it, but still...
vyoma would be proud, if he were online and strolling the Earth right now, which for some reason, I suspect he must not be. Where the hell is that guy???
Anyway, from this news article:
Update: The eminently wise Pat Robertson just went ga-ga over the intelligent design thing, and on a comment elsewhere, a link to this great T-shirt was posted with a quote attributed to Patty: Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. I thought that 'killing their children' and 'destroying capitalism' were nice touches, there.
Anyway, from this news article:
The Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin, voicing strong criticism of Christian fundamentalists who reject his theory of evolution and interpret the biblical account of creation literally.A Google search on 'vatican intelligent design' also pulls up a bunch more articles about this.
Update: The eminently wise Pat Robertson just went ga-ga over the intelligent design thing, and on a comment elsewhere, a link to this great T-shirt was posted with a quote attributed to Patty: Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. I thought that 'killing their children' and 'destroying capitalism' were nice touches, there.