Author: Martin Hilbert
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”
No doubt, Teilhard had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages.
The Undiscovered Country… Discovered?
Such cases may have been around since prehistoric times. Some researchers even suggest that they may have given rise to the popular artistic images of angels.
Intelligent Design and Aquinas’ Fifth Way
Saint Thomas did not have examples of specified complexity as in molecular biology, but it is possible to find a text that suggests he would favor of ID.
Natural Selection: The God that Failed
The god-of-the-gaps objection does have some merit to it, but it does not rule out ID. The progress of science has dethroned a multitude of false gods.
Life’s History and the “Ode to Joy”
The history of life can perhaps be likened to a collection of different musical themes. In Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the four beginning notes are the theme.