This is simply false. The Catholic Church is a veritable mother lode of irrational beliefs very much at odds with science. The very concept of "original sin" comes from the the fall of man in the Book of Genesis. As we've discussed before, evolutionary theory precludes the existence of a first human. Thus, no Adam and Eve. The entire theology of the Church is built on the literalization of a myth.ant wrote: It is a branch of literalism that has been at odds with scientific explanandum, not Catholicism.
Then we have the belief that only those who are baptized can be saved, although it's really just an inititiation rite.
Catholics still pay lip service to transubstantiation—that the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Christ. This is Catholic doctrine.
There's the idea of the Holy Trinity—God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Uh, lots of scientific problems there.
Papal infallibility?
The Catholic Church has declared that evolution is true, but on the other hand still professes the existence of a "soul" along with a lot of contradictory theological nonsense, of which only a small sampling is mentioned above.
Sagan was right. Many beliefs fostered under religious tradition have fallen by the wayside, exposed and debunked by science. I don't see how you can deny this.