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This book documents the proceedings of the remarkable conference on the topic of Creation and Evolution hosted by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 at the papal summer residence, Castel Gandolfo. It includes papers that were presented from the fields of natural science, philosophy and theology, and records the subsequent discussion, in which Pope Benedict XVI himself participated. Ultimately it comes down to the alternative: What came first? Creative Reason, the Creator Spirit who makes all things and gives them growth, or Unreason, which, lacking any meaning, strangely enough 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: I believe in God the Father, the Creator of heaven and earth. I believe in the Creator Spirit. We believe that at the beginning of everything isthe eternal Word, with Reason and not Unreason. 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In all three, the elephant is a metaphor for Christianity. Pastors of religious organizations claim the US and the other Christian nations of the world are not in end-time prophecies, but nothing could be further from the truth. Lacking a clear understanding of the relevance of the covenants to Christianity, however, we've lost our understanding of the gospel Christ actually delivered in the first century. Christians are supposed to be followers individually, not denominationally, of Christ. Organized churchianity has made 21st century Christianity irrelevant. No wonder so many young people are becoming atheists. Lacking understanding of the gospel delivered by Christ in the first century, it's no surprise we are completely in the dark about understanding the end-time prophecies. It's like trying to unravel a riddle when someone has given us an incorrect clue. It's hopeless. And it shows today especially when we are repeatedly told the US is not in end-time prophecies. 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