Deal Hudson on Evolution

This has been a ruccuring topic on this blog, so when I saw Deal Hudson's explanation I thought it so apt I wanted to repeat it here.

The Church challenges scientists to separate themselves from an ideology that begins with the assumption of the assumption of atheism and meaninglessness of life.

... Catholic students need not be indoctrinated in a scientific theory that denies the design and purpose apparent in the natural world.

[Cardinal] Schönborn underscores capacity of the human mind to find order in creation: "Scientific theories that try to explain away the appearance of design as the result of mere chance and necessity are not scientific at all, but, as John Paul put it, an abdication of human intelligence."

[Cardinal] Schönborn also makes clear what the new pope thinks about evolution. He quotes a line from Benedict XVI's very first homily, "We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary."

I think that sums it up. Just because we see the signs of evolution all around us, doesn't mean we aren't the preduct of the mind of God. Clink on the article title link to subscribe to Hudson's e-newsletter.