mar 27th, 2010
$1.6 million Templeton Prize, awarded annually in recognition of achievements in affirming spirituality, will go this year to UC Irvine's Francisco Ayala, an ordained Catholic priest before becoming an acclaimed evolutionary geneticist and molecular biologist, prominent for his belief in the compatibility of evolutionary science and Christian faith.
naturally, templeton (and pew) foundations are entities focused on spreading christism.
i don't know a thing about ayala, but i'd be most intersted in hearing how on earth he reconciles christist dogma (ie. world began on oct 14, 4004 BC at 10am) with evolutionary biology. that must take some conceptual somersaults.
also, how does ayala reconcile the pedophilia in the church with his faith? does he have nothing to say about this?
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100405/ap_on_re_as/church_abuse
prof. ayala is an ex-priest. he couldn't concile studying evolution with religion. yes, he was ordained but he quit in less than a year.
if it helps, ayala is anti-intelligentDesign. At least do a simple google search before passing judgements on people.
well, i did confess that i knew nothing about ayala, and frankly, i didn't really care to go google him.
if he is a serious scientist, he has to leave the church and disown his faith. since he didn't, i find him hard to take at face value. being anti-intelligent design is a detail.
i asked how he could reconcile his faith in the church with science, because church dogma is the very antithesis of science.
"compatibility of evolutionary science and christian faith" says the article. i find that like chalk/cheese, oil/water. no way that could be done (not by ayala but by anybody) without accepting dogma. where does he stop accepting dogma? virgin birth of non-existent jesus? resurrection of non-dead jesus? where?
and oh, about the pedophilia? is that part of the faith he's reconciling with science?
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