5 - Catholics and Evolution and the impact it has on Genesis

• Omniscient


  God knows everything
• God is omniscient


  Evolution may be part of his plan
• Evolution

  A complex system that requires a designer
• Only God is omnipotent enough to design and implement such a system as evolution
• God creating evolution

  Gives life meaning and purpose
• Genesis is not a history book and should not be treated as fact
• The beauty and complexity seen in evolution and throughout life is evidence of God's benevolence and loving nature
• Pope Francis: 'Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve'
• Pope Francis: 'God created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave each one'
• Evolution has been carefully and intricately designed and guided by the hand of God through his omnipotence, benevolence and omniscience
• God is still the creator of all life on earth and has a special relationship with humans as shown in Genesis
• Faith is open to the findings and hypotheses of the sciences
• Religion and science can work together
• Genesis creation story


  • God made everything on earth in its final form
  • God is omnipotent and created through his words alone
  • God created the world to suit his creations
  • God made everything from nothing
  • God is only benevolent
  • God made man in his image
• God of the gaps


  Using god as an excuse for gaps in knowledge, instead of studying the world and finding the evidence