Sunday, March 28, 2021

Creation Moment 3/29/2021 - When Church of England "apologized" in 2008

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools... Romans 1:22

"The officials said that senior bishops wanted to atone for the vilification their predecessors heaped on Darwin in the 1860s, when he put forward his theory that man was descended from apes.

The Church is also anxious to counter the view that its teaching is incompatible with science. 

It wants to distance itself from fundamentalist Christians, who believe in the Biblical account of the creation of the world in seven days.
 
An article to be posted on the Church’s website will say: ‘Charles Darwin, 200 years from your birth, the Church of England owes you an apology for misunderstanding you and, by getting our first reaction wrong, encouraging others to misunderstand you still.
But the struggle for your reputation is not over yet, and the problem is not just your religious opponents but those who falsely claim you in support of their own interests.’
 
The article has been written by the Rev Dr. Malcolm Brown, the director of mission and public affairs of the Archbishops’ Council, the Church’s managing body, which is headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams....Dr. Brown argues that there is nothing incompatible between the scientific theories adopted by Darwin and Christian teaching.
 
Horace Barlow, 87, from Cambridge, who is Darwin’s great-grandson.....He said he thought his ancestor would have been pleased to hear the Church’s apology....‘They buried him in Westminster Abbey, which I suppose was an apology of sorts,’ said Mr Barlow.

Darwin was very concerned about offending other people as his wife Emma was a committed Christian. So I think this apology would have pleased him.DailyMail