Tom Accuosti wrote in message
k.net...
And look, it's not just the Fundies, either. THe other day, our
babysitter's mother mentioned to my wife that she just found out last
week that the story of Adam & Eve and the Garden was just that: a story.
She had always beleived in the literal explanation, so much so that she
never bothered to try to reconcile in her mind anything she'd heard
about evolution, Big Bang, etc. This woman is 45 years old, has a
responsible job, and has raised several kids - nice kids, too. Devout
Catholic. And until last week, still believing in Adam & Eve. She's
devastated, BTW, so much so that she made an appt with her priest to sit
down and talk about this.


She must have gone to a backward church.

Most Catholic schools have taught evolution as fact since 1950 when Pope
Pius XII pronounced it to not be in conflict with Catholic dogma.

It certainly should have come to her attention in '96 when JPII restated it.

Paul K. Dickman