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Does science make God unnecessary?
Answered on video by Bishop Robert Barron
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In short: Nope. Good science, done honestly, can never really fight faith, because the world and the faith come from the same God. CCC 159
The answer, in writing
The Church teaches that there can never be a real conflict between faith and reason, because the same God gave us both, and truth can’t contradict truth. CCC 159
Research done in a truly scientific way and within the moral law will never really clash with faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith come from the same God. CCC 159
Science tells you how the world works. It can’t tell you why there’s a world at all. Catholics have always loved science; a priest proposed the Big Bang.
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- Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 159 (official text on vatican.va).
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