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Science and Christianity (letter)

Mrs Carol V. Phillips

Contents - Feb 2001 - Buy a copy now Editorial: New religion texts for Melbourne schools - Michael Gilchrist Tasmanian priest to be Lismore's new bishop - AD2000 Report Bishop Wilson of Wollongong to be the future Archbishop of Adelaide - AD2000 Report News: The Church Around the World New RE texts launched in Melbourne's Catholic schools - Michael Gilchrist The finest RE texts produced to date - Anthony Cappello Liturgy: when will the 'Statement of Conclusions' make an impact? - Michael Gilchrist Religious persecution continues in Vietnam - AD2000 Report The "priest shortage": natural or artificial? - Larry A. Carstens Successful Thomas More Spring School in Wagga - Paul Sheehan A former heroin addict's personal testimony Archbishop Pell opens drug rehabilitation centre - Dr Joseph Santamaria Letters: Feminist book (letter) Letters: Church in China (letter) - Angela Martello Letters: Limbo (letter) - John Young Letters: Waste of resources (letter) - Shane Dore Letters: Vocations (letter) - Mrs Irena Nagy Letters: G.K. Chesterton (letter) - Tony Evans Letters: 'Creating Our Future' (letter) - Mrs Jeanette Joseph Letters: Consecrated life (letter) - Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP Letters: New Age spirituality (letter) - Frances Grundy Letters: Recipe for decline (letter) - K. Logan Letters: Sermons (letter) - Bernie Lewis Letters: Anti-Catholicism (letter) - Kevin Tighe Letters: Christian art (letter) - Kim Portelli Letters: Science and Christianity (letter) - Mrs Carol V. Phillips Books: 'The Essence Of Feminism' by Kirsten Birkett - Catherine Sheehan (reviewer) Books: 'The Sacred Liturgy', 'Discovering the Mass', by a Benedictine monk - Christopher Quinn (reviewer) Books: 'Pope Pius XII: Architect For Peace' by Margherita Marchione - Michael Daniel (reviewer) New patterns of religious vocations in France Reflection: The essential role of the Catholic priest - Fr John A. Hardon SJ

I was puzzled, as I read the excellent article "Science and Christianity ..." by Stephen Hitchings (November AD2000), as to why no mention was made of the now-defunct theory of evolution.

Many Christians themselves accept evolution (as commonly understood) as a fact (rather than a theory) and have re-interpreted some aspects of Christianity accordingly.

It is now known that evolution from inanimate to living matter, and lower species to higher, is simply impossible and cannot have occurred. There is no convincing evidence to support evolution to higher species, and overwhelming evidence against it.

Evolutionism taught as science has insidiously, and almost totally, undermined belief in God as creator. It has accepted the eons of time required for creation to "evolve" and cast doubt on the Church's teachings about Adam and Eve and Original Sin.

It has helped the development of the atheistic and totally utilitarian attitude towards the unborn child and other human beings.

Stephen Hitchings says that "we cannot afford to concede victory to the opponents of all that we believe." This is so true, but first we need to examine all the evidence in the origins debate.

All who believe in evolution as the process by which life on Earth originated and developed should look closely and objectively at the evidence. A good start for those open to the truth is Darwin On Trial by Phillip E. Johnson, while Newman Graduate Education (7 Kambora Ave, Frenchs Forest 2086) is another good source of eye-opening information.

CAROL V. PHILLIPS (MRS)
Burswood, WA

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 14 No 1 (February 2001), p. 15