Tolkien: Evolutionist or Creationist? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kalimac · 11-11-2003, 04:40 PM

Thank you for the link, Bethberry - as a Catholic, I was just going to add that being a Catholic by no means precludes believing in evolution. Religions vary among themselves; some take more a creationist line and incorporate it into their doctrine, but Catholicism is not among them. So his religion would not really have had much bearing on his view of how the world was created exactly, except probably to think of it as a working of God.

11-11-2003, 04:40 PM	#6
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Thank you for the link, Bethberry - as a Catholic, I was just going to add that being a Catholic by no means precludes believing in evolution. Religions vary among themselves; some take more a creationist line and incorporate it into their doctrine, but Catholicism is not among them. So his religion would not really have had much bearing on his view of how the world was created exactly, except probably to think of it as a working of God. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.