Science and Moral view

Benedict XVI says to scientists of the Pontifical Academy for Life, but works for any scientist:

"The shape that you have given your work manifests that confidence that the Church has always placed in the possibility of human reason and in a scientific undertaking rigorously conducted, which always keep the moral aspect in view."

Some may wonder, could Benedict XI have said "ethical aspect in view"?
It's important to understand the difference ..

Source: http://www.zenit.org/article-34368?l=english

Rethinking Darwin ...

In 2009, a Congress about Darwin and Culture was held at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Portuguese Catholic University in Braga. In that conference I presented a paper dedicated to "Rethinking Darwin in Light of a Culture of Communion" which I share through this link.

Design without Designer points to Creator

In his recent book "Design in Nature", Adrian Bejan feels the necessity to clarify how "finding design in nature" has nothing to do with thinking about an Intelligent Designer. He says right at the beginning "Over time, I would develop a new understanding of evolutionary phenomena and the oneness of nature that would reveal how design emerges without an intelligent designer". I agree. Why? Because that is precisely what I would expect from a God who is creator, not designer.

A God who creates a world, from the point of view of Christian theology, is a God who confers autonomy and freedom to the world's being. Freedom and autonomy is precisely the reason that makes something out of nothing worth being.



- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad