In the world today, a big topic of debate between scientists is Creationism and Evolutionism. Creationism is the belief that God is the creator of the universe and everything in it. It is based on the readings in the book of Genesis, and reading it in a literal sense (“Live Science”). Evolutionism is the belief that everything came from something. The “biological change in the characteristics of living organisms over generations” (“Strange Science”). Even though the Catholic Church believes that God is the Creator, they do not deny the belief of evolution. The term intelligent design is a favorable way that Catholics come across evolution. Intelligent design is still keeping the belief that God created the universe and everything it; however, it is still saying that everything comes from something. Animals, plants, and humans change over time—they evolve (Trigilio). …show more content…
Reading the Bible in a literal sense, means that the reader is taking everything that is said and wrote exactly the way it is written (Armenio 39). When one reads the Bible, there are certain things that you cannot take literally. For example, Genesis 2:7 states, “Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.” Chapters and verses like this one must be read in a spiritual sense. Meaning, do not necessarily read every word and translate it literally; gather the central idea and understand the verse faithfully (Armenio 39). The Catholic Church does believe that The Lord God did create the universe and everything in it; however, reading that Bible verse (and many other verses from the Book of Genesis) literally is