QUICK REPOST FROM 2/15/2009….new post coming soon.
I was reading a bedtime story about the Creation of Earth from a children’s Bible when my then four-year old son argued, “NO. People are from apes. I read it from science (books).” I always admire my kids’ critical and analytical thinking and I encourage them to learn from science books and videos. So, for a moment, I found myself feeling stuck. How do I convince a child about the Word of God without discouraging his “scientific” mind? Somehow, I had to be creative. I basically told him that evolution would have only been possible with God’s blessing. So what is the church’s stand anyway?
Pius XII has already affirmed that there is no conflict between evolution and the doctrine of the faith regarding man and his vocation, provided that we do not lose sight of certain fixed points….Today, more than a half-century after the appearance of that encyclical, some new findings lead us toward the recognition of evolution as more than an hypothesis. In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of discoveries in different scholarly disciplines. The convergence in the results of these independent studies — which was neither planned nor sought — constitutes in itself a significant argument in favor of the theory. Theories of evolution which, because of the philosophies which inspire them, regard the spirit either as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a simple epiphenomenon of that matter, are incompatible with the truth about man.—-Pope John Paul II
Whoa! That’s way over my head, let alone my four-year old son. I do like a story that our pastor once told us during one of his sermons:
A mother was explaning Creation to his son when he argued, “Dad said that humans are from monkeys.” His mom replied, “We are both right. My side family were created by God. While his side of the family were related to monkeys.”
What would you tell my boy? Which came first? The chicken or the monkey?
I don’t know. I still like telling them that God made people out of bread dough—whereas Filipinos were baked just right!
“I just think I’m an ordinary fighter,” Pacquiao said. “When I fight a good fighter, sometimes I can beat him. “ And as many fighters like to proclaim themselves as the best, Manny continues to give props to the business, his opponents, his trainers, his family, his country, God, and his fans. 
The H1N1, also affectionately called “hiny,”has been a global pain-in-the-ass this year. Many of the schools here in Washington State were shut down for days during the scare. My workplace was also hit. Many patients were infected and isolated, while a colleague ended up in the ICU. At our church. drinking wine, shaking hands, and using holy water are now being discouraged. 
