'God is not a magician': Pope says Christians should believe in evolution and Big Bang

[Pope Francis is surely a guy who is stirring up some conversations. - Bozo]
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Travis Gettys
28 Oct 2014 at 08:53 ET                  
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The "Big Bang" and evolution are not only consistent with biblical teachings, Pope Francis told a Vatican gathering - they are essential to understanding God.

"When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything - but that is not so," the pope told a plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
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"He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment," Pope Francis said.
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The earth's origins were not chaotic, the pontiff said, but were created from a principle of love, reported Religion News Service.
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"He gave autonomy to the beings of the universe at the same time at which he assured them of his continuous presence, giving being to every reality, and so creation continued for centuries and centuries, millennia and millennia, until it became which we know today, precisely because God is not a demiurge or a magician, but the creator who gives being to all things," the pope said.
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Pope Francis said the theory of evolution did not contradict the Bible or church teachings, as creationists claim.
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"God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life," the pope said. "Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve."
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