serapha
May 7th 2006, 08:35 PM
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=674042006
Creationism dismissed as 'a kind of paganism' by Vatican's astronomer
IAN JOHNSTON
BELIEVING that God created the universe in six days is a form of superstitious paganism, the Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno claimed yesterday....
..."Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism - it's turning God into a nature god. And science needs religion in order to have a conscience, to know that, just because something is possible, it may not be a good thing to do."...
Speaking of what may not be a good thing... :ahem:
~serapha~
Creationism dismissed as 'a kind of paganism' by Vatican's astronomer
IAN JOHNSTON
BELIEVING that God created the universe in six days is a form of superstitious paganism, the Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno claimed yesterday....
..."Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism - it's turning God into a nature god. And science needs religion in order to have a conscience, to know that, just because something is possible, it may not be a good thing to do."...
Speaking of what may not be a good thing... :ahem:
~serapha~