Comment Re:How about some facts? (Score 1) 2345
Sorry about the format above, I'm new here.
It seems my last comment got lost amongst the crowd (maybe mob is a better noun). I hope this one will not.
It is probably the most important question in this entire article discussion.
Please allow me to repeat the question: -------> What was the context of the comments by the Vatican officials?
Does anyone know where we can find a transcript of what the Vatican officials said at this press conference? I find it hard to believe that we have so many comments posted here, and there is not a single person that actually knows what is going on. Not one human being that is posting on this slashdot discussion even knows the whole story about what the Vatican officials said? We are ripping each other apart about pieces of comments and half-quotes? A slice of a press conference has about as much fact as a severed finger has quality of life.
Anyone here think facts are important? It doesn't seem like it. How sad. Context? Facts? Anyone? Links would be nice.
Here's a few relevant facts:
Can someone please shed some light on this discussion with some more facts? So that we can have what has been missing all along: an informed discussion. Anyone in for some quality dialogue here?
It seems my last comment got lost amongst the crowd (maybe mob is a better noun). I hope this one will not.
It is probably the most important question in this entire article discussion.
Please allow me to repeat the question: -------> What was the context of the comments by the Vatican officials?
Does anyone know where we can find a transcript of what the Vatican officials said at this press conference? I find it hard to believe that we have so many comments posted here, and there is not a single person that actually knows what is going on. Not one human being that is posting on this slashdot discussion even knows the whole story about what the Vatican officials said? We are ripping each other apart about pieces of comments and half-quotes? A slice of a press conference has about as much fact as a severed finger has quality of life.
Anyone here think facts are important? It doesn't seem like it. How sad. Context? Facts? Anyone? Links would be nice.
Here's a few relevant facts:
On the news conference transcript, I've been looking for two days and have come up with nothing. Maybe it's hidden in a digital news vault that costs $500 to access? Anybody with serious 'internet news saavy' here that can help us out?Fact #1 - The news conference was about the study of harmony between theology and science in a project called "Science, Theology and the Ontological Question" http://www.stoqnet.org/index_e.html.
Fact #2 - A sharp distinction was drawn by one of the cardinals between the scientific theory of evolution and the metaphysical position of "evolutionism" Evolutionism is a naturalistic philosophy referred to by the late Pope John Paul II in paragraph 54 of his document 'Fides et ratio' http://www.vatican.va/edocs/ENG0216/_INDEX.HTM. Evolutionism is an anti-theistic metaphysical view that says only chance and natural forces are the complete explanation for the universe and everything that exists in it. http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/#four . (Evolutionism seems to be roughly equivalent to the philosophical view of secular modernity.)
Can someone please shed some light on this discussion with some more facts? So that we can have what has been missing all along: an informed discussion. Anyone in for some quality dialogue here?
