So, has the pope finally hit the wall with the fundies?

[alfreda89]

Vatican: Faithful Should Listen to Science

A Vatican cardinal said Thursday the faithful should listen to what secular modern science has to offer, warning that religion risks turning into "fundamentalism" if it ignores scientific reason."

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[incandragon.livejournal.com]

That's an excellent start. Now, if only we could get the *secularists* to pay attention to science, we'd be on a roll!
;-)

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

We can't even stop the Kansas Board of Education from teaching religion in schools. How are we gonna scare secularists into paying attention? Send up another Sputnik?

[christymarx.livejournal.com]

As I commented to someone else who sent me this, why would any Fundie give a shit about what a bunch of papists in Rome think? :P

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I doubt the Fundies care--I hope the Catholics don't want to be perceived as "Provincial," shall we say.

I expect this to all start mattering when someone in the Senate--could be a Dem, could be a Repub--asks the current SCOTUS candidate what he will do if the pope tells the justices that they'll be excommunicated if they allow Roe v Wade to stand. With five Catholics on the court, that could get interesting in a hurry.

[apricot-tree.livejournal.com]

In other Vatican news: Galileo may have been right...

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Your link didn't come through--

A good friend who is a diocesan priest told me that they knew Galileo was right way back then--they just didn't think the world was ready yet to hear it, and couldn't convince Galileo it was necessary to sit on the info a century or so. ;^)

So, we're finally ready to hear it?