#12641 Can Catholics Believe in Young Earth Creationism? - Stacy Trasancos

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🗓️ 23 March 2026

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“Can Catholics Believe in Young Earth Creationism?” This question opens a discussion on the relationship between faith and science, addressing topics such as the role of God in holding atoms together, the balance between atomism and Aristotelianism, and the implications of biblical statements on creation. Other questions touch on the nature of infinity and eternity, as well as the age of the earth from a Catholic perspective.

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Questions Covered:

12:05 – It seems to me that modern science substituted mathematics for formal cause. Do you have thoughts on that?
21:02 – I was taught that with atoms, it is somewhat inexplicable how they are held together since the protons naturally repel. In bible study I was taught that the only explanation is that God holds it together. Is this correct?
30:05 – If atomism is too bottom-up, is aristotelianism too top down?
36:28 – How do infinity and eternity go together?
40:35 – Have you read Ed Feser’s The Last Superstition and what do you think of it?
42:30 – Who came up with that time could somehow be subject to gravity? Is that for real? That seems so off to me.
45:00 – The bible says “let there be light” and that was the beginning. I think that proves that there was a beginning.
48:33 – I’m a convert and had been taught creationism my whole life. How do Catholics view the age of the earth?

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