Nonoverlapping Magisteria
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"Nonoverlapping Magisteria" is about how religion and science should be taught separate because they are, indeed, separate fields. Even though they are in different fields, they are closely together, almost on a fine line pushing against one another, but yet do not interconnect the philosophies of one another. It talks about how science has pre-existing facts to base its hypothesis on to eventually come to a conclusion (empirical). Religion goes in search for the proper ethical values and spiritual meaning of our lives. Often the Bible is taken too literal instead of metaphorically and other views are completely blocked out by that stubbornness. It also states that in 1950, the Church viewed evolution as unproven and advised to be cautious because it arises many troubling issues on the border on the religious magisterium. However, in 1996, a statement by Pope John Paul II stated that evolution was essentially proven and welcomed it to the Church views as long as the belief that our souls are created by God still stands. Stated is also that creationism is not battling against evolution or vice versa. It merely states that these two forms of beliefs aren't exact opposites but yet do no coincide with one another. The Church even formally stated that evolution is proven but that the creation is still in the system of beliefs...