What Difficulties Did Darwin's Theory Pose for Christianity? What Was The Reaction Of Christian Clergy And The Laity To Darwinian Ideas?

What Difficulties Did Darwin's Theory Pose for Christianity? What Was The Reaction Of Christian Clergy And The Laity To Darwinian Ideas?

Introduction

The aim of this essay is to discuss the difficulties did Darwin's theory pose for Christianity. Today, scientists and theologians often admit that between evolution and creation, there is no contradiction, and that evolution does not preclude human spirituality. Their basic message is that the biological species whose representatives are surrounded us in unimaginable abundance and diversity in the biosphere. Conflict between the Darwinism and theism is not a matter of principle i.e. substantial opposition between the two, but it is a historical accident, due to a misunderstanding between the two parties. Debates about the origin of life and the variety of species occurred acutely after Darwin's time and continue until today. The theory of evolution is no longer an integral part of biology. Biologists rely constantly on Darwin's theory, and they experience daily in dozens of examples that this theory works. This is in the often heated debate between supporters of the creation story (the so-called creationists) and supporters of the theory of evolution (the evolutionists) usually overlooked, and from both sides.

The work of Darwin, The Origin of Species, was published 140 years ago and yet, there is still confusion about what the theory of evolution. This confusion is due to both Darwin texts that were difficult to understand for ordinary people, as the resistance of the Creationists, who attributed to the decay of modern society, promiscuity, contraception, abortions, pornography, the proliferation of violent crimes, etc.

The Crusades were a period of intense activity of the Roman Catholic Church in the East, including the creation of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in 1099. They will also see the Maronite Church into communion with the Sea of Rome. At the end of the period of the Crusades, in 1245, Dominicans and Franciscans missionaries are sent on a mission of conversion to the Jacobite Church and the Melkite Church of the three councils. A draft will be presented to union council of Lyons. The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the world between Spain conquer Portugal reconquered and Portugal is to conquer the Far East and discovers, India, Christians Nestorians who must choose between the sword and the conversion , the evangelization justifies colonization.

Some fundamentalist Christians oppose evolution. This is a very active Protestant minority in the United States. The U.S. anti-evolutionists continue seeking ways to prevent the teaching of the theory of evolution, which is still considered as anti-religious, rather than simply not religious, as any other scientific theory. Since the theory of evolution has been adopted by the scientific community and creationists strictly maintain the controversy about it. The debate is significant policy issues, including: education, freedom of opinion and beliefs, particularly in the United States. The opposition to the theory of evolution also implies the rejection of the cosmology ...