Cheryl Schatz

Again, I repeat one of the comments by the present Pope:

Since it has been demonstrated that all living organisms on earth are genetically related, it is virtually certain that all living organisms have descended from this first organism.

The comments are clear that he believes all living things descended from the first organism. This is evolution. We take the comments as they are written and we do not have the liberty to make them say what we feel we want to hear.

I do not think that my blog is a place to advocate the Roman Catholic endorsement of evolution or to advocate its predecessor Augustine’s form of evolution. Let’s keep the discussion on the order of creation and whether the animals were created after Adam. The language is sequential and this should be our focused discussion.

Thanks!