On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:50:04 -0400, Gene
wrote:

These guys haven't figured out their job isn't to be scientists, but
to be PR folks at the will and pleasure of their "Holy Father."

Now that's a little harsh don't you think?

It's often said that Jesuits are the vanguard of progressive thinking
in the Church - in particular after the Restoration of 1814/15. While
they could be viewed as "Soldiers of Christ", it's also true that the
Jesuit order has been on the hairy edge of revisionist/reformative
thinking in terms not only of theology, but science and humanities.

The good Brother reflects that thinking - that faith and science can
coexist and each discipline can learn from the other.