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To: D. Long who wrote (147605)	11/18/2005 12:50:31 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793841

He participates but doesn't intervene. Maybe it makes more sense in Latin. "He is not continually intervening, but rather allows, participates, loves."

To: D. Long who wrote (147605)	11/18/2005 3:15:52 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793841

<iCatholic rationalism seems a pet curiousity of yours Thanks for thinking of me. I had seen this bit a couple of days ago. Pope sides with 'intelligent design' advocates November 13, 2005 BY NICOLE WINFIELD Advertisement VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has waded into the evolution debate in the United States, saying the universe was made by an 'intelligent project' and criticizing those who in the name of science say its creation was without direction or order. Benedict made the off-the-cuff comments during his general audience Wednesday. The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, published the full text of his remarks in its Thursday editions. Benedict focused his reflections for the audience on scriptural readings that said God's love was seen in the 'marvels of creation.' He quoted St. Basil the Great, a fourth century saint, as saying some people, 'fooled by the atheism that they carry inside of them, imagine a universe free of direction and order, as if at the mercy of chance.' Remarks hailed by advocates 'How many of these people are there today? These people, fooled by atheism, believe and try to demonstrate that it's scientific to think that everything is free of direction and order,' he said. 'With the sacred Scripture, the Lord awakens the reason that sleeps and tells us: In the beginning, there was the creative word. In the beginning, the creative word -- this word that created everything and created this intelligent project that is the cosmos -- is also love.' His comments were hailed by advocates of intelligent design, who hold that the universe is so complex, it must have been created by a higher power. Proponents of the theory seek to get public schools in the United States to teach it as part of the science curriculum. Critics say intelligent design is merely creationism -- a literal reading of the Bible's story of creation -- camouflaged in scientific language and does not belong in science curriculum. John Paul's remark 'rather vague' Questions about the Vatican's position on evolution came up in July by Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn. In a New York Times op-ed piece, Schoenborn seemed to back intelligent design and dismissed a 1996 statement by Pope John Paul II that evolution was 'more than just a hypothesis.' Schoenborn said the late pope's statement was 'rather vague and unimportant.' Schoenborn attended Wednesday's audience. AP