The Catholic understanding of the origin of man in brief.

1. Creation
vs.
Evolution
…as viewed from the dashboard
The Epic Debate

2. It started out with one modest
and subtle Christian symbol as
a witness of faith…

3. But some people want to be a little
less subtle about their Lord…

4. And some people are just so proud to show
that their Christian faith boldly permeates
throughout 3 generations of family …

5. However, people who don’t enjoy the joy of
the Christian faith have to turn to science for
their source of truth and purpose …

6. Christians believe that the truth of the Christian
faith should always triumph against the skeptical
messages of our culture…

7. But then again, what do those crazy Christians
know about anything? …so take that!

8. Ok, and now it has really escalated!!! Can
the Darwin fish and the Jesus ever just get
along?
Help is on the way!!!...

9. “We cannot say: you must
choose creation or
evolution… The story of the
dust of the earth and the
breath of God… does not
explain how human persons
come to be but … the project
that they are. And, vice
versa, the theory of evolution
seeks to understand and
describe biological
developments.”

10. “But … it cannot explain
where the 'project' of human
persons comes from, nor
their inner origin, nor their
particular nature. To that
extent we are faced here
with two complementary—
rather than mutually
exclusive—realities.”

11. “ According to the widely accepted scientific account,
the universe erupted 15 billion years ago in an
explosion called the 'Big Bang' and has been
expanding and cooling ever since. Later there emerged
the condensation of galaxies and stars, and about 10
billion years later the formation of planets.”

12. “In our own solar system
and on earth (formed about
4.5 billion years ago), the
conditions have been
favorable to the emergence
of life…there is general
agreement… that the first
organism dwelt on this
planet about 3.5–4 billion
years ago.”

13. “Since it has been demonstrated that all
living organisms on earth are genetically
related, it is virtually certain that all
living organisms have descended from
this first organism.”
--Pope Benedict