God and Evolution

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In this article, the writer notes that Haught's book "Responses to 101 Questions on God and Evolution" discusses many of the pressing questions that Christians - and especially Catholics - have today. The writer points out that the information contained in this book is actually not new for those of the Christian faith, but it is the basic information that should not be forgotten. The writer discusses that this book serves as a reminder to Christians who might possibly forget some of the basics of their faith when the pressures of the world become a bit excessive and who might have a lot of questions about how their faith fits in with the scientific ideas that are being addressed in today's world. The writer maintains that the book is also helpful to Christians who want to read more about something than what Haught provides. The writer concludes that even though Haught works to answer the most important questions that he feels that Christians ask today, he is aware of the fact that he cannot provide total and complete answers in a book.

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"There was nothing in life that the Roman Catholic Church did not have a reason for, and the church made a great deal of money off of its followers by selling indulgences to those who were trying to either or spend less time in Purgatory or help loved ones who had already passed away spend less time there.
"It is the goal and desire of most Christians that they find those who are not Christians and bring them into the faith. Christians are not taught to rise up against nonbelievers or treat them cruelly. Rather, most Christians have great pity and compassion for those that they believe are not saved. There is some difference between Catholics and Protestants in this way, as for quite some time Catholics believed that they were the only true Christians, and therefore the only ones who were truly saved and would go to heaven. They believed that Protestants do not follow the one true church, that being the Roman Catholic Church, and therefore are not any more saved then a heathen tribe in Africa."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Haught, John F. (2001). Responses to 101 Questions on God and Evolution. New York: Paulist Press.

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