Joe Rogan Experience #2533 - Diana Pasulka · Aired Jul 30, 2026
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The Catholic Church rejects biblical literalism due to contradictory accounts within the text.
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The Church really does reject strict literalism, that part is accurate. But its own stated reasoning isn't primarily about contradictions in the text. Catholic teaching holds that Genesis uses a non-literal genre meant to convey theological truth about God and creation, discovered through sound exegesis and interpreted alongside tradition, rather than being rejected because its accounts conflict with each other.
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Is it true that the Catholic Church rejects biblical literalism due to contradictory accounts within the text?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The Church really does reject strict literalism, that part is accurate. But its own stated reasoning isn't primarily about contradictions in the text. Diana Pasulka said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2533 - Diana Pasulka, aired Jul 30, 2026, at 1:59:46. The supporting source is catholic.com, linked below.
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