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Catechism: Respect for the Person and Scientific Research
2292 Scientific, medical, or psychological experiments on human individuals or groups can contribute to healing the sick and the advancement of public health. 2293 Basic scientific research, as well as applied research, is a significant expression of man’s dominion over creation. Science and technology are precious resources when placed at the service of man and promote his integral development for the benefit of all. By themselves however they cannot disclose the meaning of existence and of human progress. Science and technology are ordered to man, from whom they take their origin and development; hence they find in the person…
Catechism: Medical and scientific procedures for healing man
… or its individual survival. "It is immoral to produce human embryos intended for exploitation as disposable biological material." "Certain attempts to influence chromosomic or genetic inheritance are not therapeutic but are aimed at producing human beings selected according to sex or other predetermined qualities. Such manipulations are contrary to the personal dignity of the human being and his integrity and identity" which are unique and unrepeatable. CCC 2292 Scientific, medical, or psychological experiments on human individuals or groups can contribute to healing the sick and the advancement of public health. …
Should Christians study science?
… Christians to understand the distinction between a non-God (or secular) answer and an anti-God answer. Simply because the scientific process and conclusions are largely secular, this does not mean the scientific process and conclusions are anti-God. A good analogy would be auto maintenance. If one were to notice a strange sound coming from their car, they would likely investigate the sound. They would search the car for abnormalities. They will develop theories and conclusions regarding the strange sound. It is very unlikely one will consider God as the cause of the strange sound. More likely, one will arrive at a…
Why did the Church oppose Galileo?
Why did the Church oppose Galileo: Unfortunately, members of the Christian community have positioned themselves against the scientific community. For centuries, these Christians have felt a sense of animosity toward scientific progress. Arguably, this conflict first arose when Galileo discovered the Earth was not the center of the Solar System. Prior to this discovery, it was the general consensus among the scientific community that the Earth was in the center of the Solar System, called: a Geocentric Solar System. Christians, in an attempt to demonstrate the divine inspiration of scripture, identified passages confirming this geocentric theory: Their voice goes…
Does history support the Bible?
Does History Support the Bible: Many maintain the opinion that the Bible is full of historic inaccuracies. However, throughout the centuries, passages in the Bible that were once thought to be myth or historically inaccurate have been later confirmed to be accurate. Below are just some examples of history and archaeology confirming the accuracy of the Bible: The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: For centuries the scientific community assumed the story of Sodom and Gomorrah was a myth. However, in the late 1980s archaeologists discovered the site of Sodom and Gomorrah which included a mass, simultaneous burial. The…
Catechism: Scandal and respect for the dignity of others
… a love of speed, endanger their own and others’ safety on the road, at sea, or in the air. CCC 2291 The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life. Their use, except on strictly therapeutic grounds, is a grave offense. Clandestine production of and trafficking in drugs are scandalous practices. They constitute direct co-operation in evil, since they encourage people to practices gravely contrary to the moral law. CCC 2292 Scientific, medical, or psychological experiments on human individuals or groups can contribute to healing the sick and the advancement…
Catechism: Respect for and defense of dignity
… medicine. Those incur grave guilt who, by drunkenness or a love of speed, endanger their own and others’ safety on the road, at sea, or in the air. CCC 2291 The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life. Their use, except on strictly therapeutic grounds, is a grave offense. Clandestine production of and trafficking in drugs are scandalous practices. They constitute direct co-operation in evil, since they encourage people to practices gravely contrary to the moral law. CCC 2292 Scientific, medical, or psychological experiments on human individuals or groups…
Does Science Oppose Christianity?
Does Science Oppose Christianity: Some Christians perceive science as man’s attempt to explain a universe without God; viewing science as anti-God. While this is a very small minority of Christians, they are very vocal and very noticeable to the non-Christian community. It is important for Christians to understand the distinction between a non-God (or secular) answer and an anti-God answer. Simply because the scientific process and conclusions are largely secular, this does not mean the scientific process and conclusions are anti-God. A good analogy would be auto maintenance: If one were to notice a strange sound coming from their car,…
Is the Bible the Word of God?
… accurate: The early domestication of Camels: For many years the scientific community rejected the idea of domesticated camels as early as the time of Abraham (Abram). However, archaeologists have since discovered paintings of domesticated camels on the walls of the temple of Hatshepsut dating to the time of Abraham. The discovery of the Tower of Babel: For centuries, the scientific community dismissed the story of the Tower of Babel as a myth. According to the Bible, a society living near Babylon attempted to build a tower tall enough to reach the gods. God was so offended by this that he…
Catechism: Understanding and growth in faith
… in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God. The humble and persevering investigator of the secrets of nature is being led, as it were, by the hand of God in spite of himself, for it is God, the conserver of all things, who made them what they are." CCC 176 Faith is a personal adherence of the whole man to God who reveals himself. It involves an assent of the intellect and…