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Philip K Dick proposed once that the creation of the world was a mistake and the rest of history in the Bible was an attempted cover up.

Back on topic, when I speak about creationism not being representative of mainstream Christianity, I mean creationism in the sense that ID is right and Evolution is wrong. The belief in the literal truth of Genesis, if you take it to the extreme.

I think you can take the Pope as fairly representative of mainstream Christianity. He says evolution is right, but it doesn't rule out the concept of Creation by God setting the universe going with a bunch of suitable physical laws and so on. The basic question of where it all began still lies with God, in the Pope’s view of things.

Interestingly, it is impossible to see the edge of the universe, so we will never be able to see if it is finite or infinite, or what might lie outside it. Maybe our universe is inside the mind of God.

Creationism is NOT maintream Christianity, however much you might want it to be. Catholicism is mainstream Christianity, and within that, Roman Catholicism.

The Pope, without doubt, is the leader of the largest group of Christians. He says no to Creationism. Evolution as divinely influenced, yes. Not Creationism though...

Too bad I ignore what the Pope says the same I do when I ignore the screaming 5yo in Walmart.

And then the thread was closed.


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