re: #48 darthstar

It has to do with the generation that is now coming into power. What is happening is that those taught through the fundamentalist / evangelical homeschooling movement, where this pseudo-science was taught during the late 70’s and 80’s is coming to the point in their lives where they are married and having kids, and these kids are starting to get into the grades where SCIENCE is taught. They want their kids to go to the public schools, which offer more opportunity, and such fundamentalist / evangelicals coming from very active (but intensely cut off) family / community environments are naturally becoming active in their school communities and pushing for “change”.

re: #44 Cato the Elder

The Story of Creation is what’s a myth. I get to say that and still be a good Catholic.

Depends on what means by “myth” there. Myths can be true, and the Church requires at least that the creation account Genesis be regarded as a true myth. Problem with Fundamentalists is that they take scripture literally in every case and instance. It is sort of sad because they really miss out on the larger picture.

What is required and important for the creation account is the following:

1. God created everything from nothing.
2. Creation is ordered, not chaotic, governed, and knowable.
3. All creation has its beginning in God and its end in God (thus observing and knowing creation is a revelation of who God is).
4. Man is an image of God.
5. Man was created to participate in God’s work, and to order creation in worship of God (if one doesn’t know their ancient mythologies one misses that Genesis depicts Eden as a temple)
6. Mankind originates from two parents.
7. Man rejected being in fellowship with God and chose instead be his own god, resulting in the fall from grace.
8. Man was no longer fit to work in the garden (temple) so he was kicked out until that time would come when the Son of Man would restore mankind to God and proper worship.

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It is sort of important to remember when studying scripture that it is written by people. There are truths in scripture that exceed people’s ability to comprehend them so when it comes to things being written down, what is used is the best possible words that they can come up with.

Fundamentalists / Evangelicals have no conception of this at all.