[erikpukinskis]

Well Pope Francis is not a denier, and in some sense the Church scientists are the least biased in the world, since they are beholden to no one but God. They don't need to be published or get tenure. They can go with or against both academic and political orthodoxy as they choose.

So if Francis came out and said climate change is not a concern I would actually pay pretty serious attention to that. And I'm not even Catholic.

[roryisok]

how weird is it that we came here to read about a new phone and ended up discussing climate change and religion.

[oAlbe]

> So if Francis came out and said climate change is not a concern I would actually pay pretty serious attention to that. And I'm not even Catholic.

Are you paying pretty serious attention when they claim that dinosaurs bones were sprinkled around the world by their god to test our faith?

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Has the Catholic church actually said that, or are you perhaps confusing them with another group?

[oAlbe]

I grew up in a Catholic family, that's what they teach you in catechism. They also teach you that the universe was created in literally seven days. But if you keep your chain of asking "how?" long enough before they yell at you, they'll also tell you that such statement is not to take "literally".

[trmsw]

YMMV - I was raised a Catholic and never got any literalist stuff about creation, or nonsense about dinosaur bones being planted to confuse us. Nor is it in the catechism as such - there is quite enough unbelievable stuff in there as it is...