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==Theistic Evolution==
==Theistic Evolution==
[[Theistic Evolution|Theistic Evolutionists]] believe that God created the universe and did not intervene directly in the evolutionary process. In general, theistic evolutionists accept the evolutionist ideas of the age of the earth and common descent. Theistic evolutionists believe that at some point God intervened in a metaphysical fashion to give souls to some small group of human ancestors. The Catholic Church holds that this is consistent with the Catholic faith.<ref>[http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/0102-97/Article3.html Mark Brumley, Evolution and the Pope]</ref>
[[Theistic Evolution|Theistic Evolutionists]] believe that God created the universe and did not intervene directly in the evolutionary process. In general, theistic evolutionists accept the evolutionist ideas of the age of the earth and common descent. Theistic evolutionists believe that at some point God intervened in a metaphysical fashion to give souls to some small group of human ancestors. The Catholic Church holds that this is consistent with the Catholic faith.<ref>Brumley, Mark (January/February 1997). [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/0102-97/Article3.html "Evolution and the pope"]. ''Catholic Dossier''. Retrieved from Catholic.net as archived at Internet Archive on September 14, 2014.</ref>
Roughly twice as many people in the U.S. believe in this type of evolution(30%), as opposed to godless evolution that most atheist believe in (just a mere 13% of people). However both of these combined is still less people than the amount of people who believe in Young Earth Creation(48%), as told by The Bible<ref>http://hubpages.com/hub/Poll-Most-Americans-Dont-Believe-Evolution</ref>.
Roughly twice as many people in the U.S. believe in this type of evolution (30%), as opposed to godless evolution that most atheist believe in (just a mere 13% of people). However both of these combined is still less people than the amount of people who believe in Young Earth Creation(48%), as told by The Bible<ref>http://hubpages.com/hub/Poll-Most-Americans-Dont-Believe-Evolution</ref>.
==Foundational question/starting point==
==Foundational question/starting point==