Finding Altamira Page #5

Well, improving it a little.

Did you come to see Father Tomas?

I think he's in the sacristy.

No, it's you I wanted to see.

Me?

Isn't he handsome?!

Maria Justina!

It's a plain fact, Mama.

One need not be afraid

of stating facts.

A lady should avoid stating facts

whenever possible.

It's most unbecoming.

Did you know that earthworms

can dig up to six feet underground?

Really?

That's what Mr. Darwin says.

Did your father tell you that?

Only about the earthworms.

He never tells me anything

about Evolution

and those things you fight about.

Wait here.

The Bible speaks clearly

about Adam and Eve.

Correct.

And who gave you

your power of reason?

God.

So how could they be in conflict?

If Faith and Reason seem at odds,

isn't terribly important.

Our Holy Father instructs us

that False Opinion has taken

the place of True Reason.

I think of Galileo

and his punishment by the Church,

which now we know

to have been wrong.

Quite so,

Galileo revealed the true workings

of the Divine Universe,

but for the Darwinists

here is no Divine Being,

no plan for Humanity or Creation,

only the random workings of Nature,

poorly described by Science.

As we understand more,

might not they too be proved right?

This is not about

the orbit of Earth and Sun,

this is Man setting his puny intellect

against the majesty of God.

Rationalism...

seeks to destroy the deepest

foundations of human society:

Love, Honour, Family.

What use for them

in a purely rational world?

I do worry that Maria...

My husband... He takes

such a part in her education...

My dear child,

I share your concerns.

Deeply-

Who made the world?

God made the world.

Who is God?

God is the Creator

of Heaven and Earth

and of all things.

What is Man?

Man is a creature composed

of body and soul,

made in the image of God.

Why did God make you, Maria?

God made me to know Him,

to love Him

and to serve Him in this world.

And does God want you to serve Him

with half of your wits?

With one hand in the air?

No, Father.

No, He does not.

I was admiring his Creation, Father.

Did you know the very same bones

we have in our hands

are in dolphins' flippers

and bats' wings?

Isn't that marvellous?

- Who made the world?

- God made the world.

Who is God?

That's not good.

Your wife?

She sounds good to me.

Scarlatti.

Only in times of strife.

Wagner is the worst though.

Then it's better not to be here!

Thank you for the warning.

A bowl?

A discus?

We are groping in the dark.

Paleolithic. Paleolithic.

Professor Vilanova,

Monsieur Paul Ratter.

- How do you do, sir?

- A great artist.

Perhaps you can persuade my wife

to come and seethe real thing.

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