1.0Steven Waldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldmanswaldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/author/swaldmanDarwin's Challenge Was Not to God, it Was to His Word - Steven Waldmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gId6GHOUGk"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2009/02/evolution-darwin-god-and-scien.html">Darwin’s Challenge Was Not to God, it Was to His Word</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2009/02/evolution-darwin-god-and-scien.html/embed#?secret=gId6GHOUGk" width="600" height="338" title="“Darwin’s Challenge Was Not to God, it Was to His Word” — Steven Waldman" data-secret="gId6GHOUGk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The Vatican embraces Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution as fully compatible with Christianity. The Church of England honors its former member. (His parish, in which he was active during his early life, pictured above) And we are thus reminded that evolution is not really a challenge against God or Christianity even, it’s a challenge to…