Maggie's Farm

God and Evolution, by Avery Cardinal Dulles in First Things (h/t, View from 1776). One quote:

Science can cast a brilliant light on the processes of nature and can vastly increase human power over the environment. Rightly used, it can notably improve the conditions of life here on earth. Future scientific discoveries about evolution will presumably enrich religion and theology, since God reveals himself through the book of nature as well as through redemptive history. Science, however, performs a disservice when it claims to be the only valid form of knowledge, displacing the aesthetic, the interpersonal, the philosophical, and the religious.

My experience has been that scientists and mathematicians tend to be humble about their ability to find ultimate Truths. It's non-scientists and those without scientific education who seem more likely to view science as a potential embodiment of Truth rather than as a collection of methods, data and theories - all of which change over time.

As I see it, Evolutionary Theory has little or nothing to do with the life of the Spirit. I am reminded of this survey which found that most doctors are believers.