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Originally Posted by flip
...by saying you are catholic means you believe what the pope believes which is that there is no such thing as evolution and that noah did in fact build an ark to the exact specifications laid out in the bible, when science has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that evolution is real and there was no ark...
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Not to nitpick, but this is a misreprestantation of official Catholic doctrine. Evolution has been deemed compatible with faith for many decades now, and it is generally accepted among Catholic clergy that the Noahic myth is little more than a trumped up legend.
http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodic.../Article3.html
Oh, and Trout: fantastic post, as always!