re: Pope Francis endorses evolution and big bang

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I said nothing of the sort.

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Your claim is that the catholic church didn't exist at the time the biblical texts were written.

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There is no evidence of anything remotely resembling the modern catholic church before it was made the official Roman religion.

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The only way in which this is true is if the official church of Rome established by Constantine in the 4th century, and the one which exists today, do not represent the early Christians who wrote those books. If early Christians DID believe what the catholic church believes, then the church did exist from the time of Christ. You don't need cathedrals and robes and centralized establishments to be a catholic in belief.

It's ok to be wrong, it's even ok to be upset that you're wrong, but what isn't ok is playing possum and avoiding admission of your fault. The early church fathers were very, very catholic in belief.