5 Age of Enlightenment?
>80% of all Americans believe in Creationism or Intelligent Design.
(Poll: Majority Reject Evolution, 51 Percent Believe God Created Humans - CBS News)
56% of all Americans believe the universe is around 6.000 years old.
(WorldNetDaily: Daily Poll)
Pope Benedict XVI:
From the Enlightenment on, science, at least in part, has applied itself to seeking an explanation of the world in which God would be unnecessary. And if this were so, he would also become unnecessary in our lives. But whenever the attempt seemed to be nearing success - inevitably it would become clear: something is missing from the equation! When God is subtracted, something doesnâ??t add up for man, the world, the whole vast universe.
We end up with two alternatives. What came first? Creative Reason, the Spirit who makes all things and gives them growth, or Unreason, which, lacking any meaning, yet somehow brings forth a mathematically ordered cosmos, as well as man and his reason. The latter, however, would then be nothing more than a chance result of evolution and thus, in the end, equally meaningless. As Christians, we say: â??I believe in God the Father, the Creator of heaven and earthâ?? - I believe in the Creator Spirit. We believe that at the beginning of everything is the eternal Word, with Reason and not Unreason.
(Benedikt XVI. in Bayern - sueddeutsche.de - Translation from AsiaNews.it)
Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:
I underlined my opinion that we need a European identity in the form of a constitutional treaty and I think it should be connected to Christianity and God, as Christianity has forged Europe in a decisive way.
(EUobserver.com)
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