The Dangers of Evolution's Creation Myth

What happens when two cradle Catholics raised to believe in evolution have a profound change of heart? This riveting conversation takes you on their intellectual journey from evolution apologists to young earth creationists, challenging nearly everything modern Catholics are taught about science and faith.

The hosts share pivotal moments that cracked their evolutionary worldview—from discovering soft tissue in dinosaur fossils to reading Church Fathers who unanimously interpreted Genesis literally. Their realization that modern evolutionary theory functions as our culture's secular creation myth—designed specifically to eliminate God from the equation—provides a thought-provoking perspective rarely heard in Catholic circles.

Fascinatingly, they reveal how evolutionary thinking wasn't born with Darwin but existed in ancient Greece through philosophers like Lucretius, whose rediscovered texts profoundly shaped modern thought through figures like Hobbes and Machiavelli. This historical thread shows how evolutionary theory underpins not just biology but modern political philosophy, replacing the biblical view of humanity's original harmony with a vision of natural conflict requiring government intervention.

The conversation tackles tough theological questions: How can death exist for millions of years before Adam's sin? Why did every Christian interpreter for 1800+ years read the Genesis genealogies as literal history? What happens when we start treating foundational biblical narratives as mere allegories? Whether you're a committed evolutionist, a biblical literalist, or somewhere in between, this episode challenges you to reconsider what you've been taught about faith, science, and the foundations of Western civilization.

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