Back on March 16, Steve Shaw said he "got enough creation doctrine shoved down my throat to stuff a hundred mattresses" in Catholic schools. I wonder when that was.

I was in a Catholic seminary in Milwaukee, studying for the priesthood, from 1962 to 1970. During that time, we were taught that God created the world through the wonderful, miraculous, natural process known as evolution. Now, I suppose some people might object to the idea of God being involved in the process of evolution, but does it really make much of a difference whether one sees God in the process or sees simply the process?

We were also exposed to the thinking of the Jesuit Darwinist, Teilhard de Chardin. I think I'd describe him as a mystic who saw God in all the processes of the universe - at the same time being a good scientist. I also have to admit that the Vatican was often not too fond of Chardin.

-Joe-