Evolution and Faith: Exploring the Catholic Church's Perspective

DAY 306 CHALLENGE “Faith and science are fundamentally opposed, as illustrated by Christians’ opposition to the theory of evolution.” DEFENSE The Catholic Church doesn’t have a problem with evolution. Some Christians have read the early chapters of Genesis in a way that would preclude evolution, but the Church recognizes these chapters as using significant symbolism (see Days 90 and 290). The statement God created man from the dust of the ground is understood as an affirmation that “the human person, created in the image of God, is a being at once corporeal and spiritual. The biblical ...