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Religion and Science in Dialogue

David M. Byers [1]
From February 7, 2005

In the September 15 issue of America Paul Cottle reports from Florida [2] on the acrimonious debate over whether to teach evolution in public schools. Catholics, Cottle notes, are suprisingly wary of the teaching of evolution, even though the Vatican has made it clear that evolutionary biology is compatible with Catholic teaching about creation. In 2005, David M. Byers made a similar point, writing that "even though the official church sees little danger in evolution, our educational leadership has been very slow to correct the anti-evolution biases that Catholics pick up from prominent elements in contemporary culture."

Read "Religion and Science in Dialogue." [3]

David M. Byers staffed the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Science and Human Values from 1984 to 2003.

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