Monday, May 08, 2006
THE "STAR" PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH LAUNCH ANOTHER SALVO
BELIEVING that God created the universe in six days is a form of superstitious paganism, the Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno claimed yesterday.
Brother Consolmagno, who works in a Vatican observatory in Arizona and as curator of the Vatican meteorite collection in Italy, said a "destructive myth" had developed in modern society that religion and science were competing ideologies.
He described creationism, whose supporters want it taught in schools alongside evolution, as a "kind of paganism" because it harked back to the days of "nature gods" who were responsible for natural events.
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Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
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UPDATE
In a catched version (since the original is no longer online) Dr. Richard Boylan cites Consolmagno's April 2006 Harper's Magazine statement.
