On the "God vs. Science" story.

The Curt Jester says what I said ... and more!

I saw this Time cover over at Evangelical Catholicism and I thought that the Rosary picture is quite profound even if they didn't mean it that way. A title like God vs. Science is like Reason vs. Logic.

The picture shows a seamless interweaving of life and the Rosary. This picture also reminded me of what John Paul II wrote in Rosarium Virginis Mariae.

Thus the simple prayer of the Rosary marks the rhythm of human life

That just as DNA is fundamental to life, so is prayer. Each strand in DNA is a chain of chemicals called nucleotides. There are only four nucleotides in DNA: adenine (abbreviated A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T) and are used to make up all of the sequences. There are also only four types of prayer (A)doroation (C)ontrition (T)hanksgiving (S)upplication. Every prayer is made up of at least one of these sequences and the perfect prayers like the Our Father are made up of all four.

DNA has been called the chain of life and the Rosary has been prayed in what are called life chains. Fr Groeschel also wrote a wonderful book called The Rosary: Chain of Hope (which includes the Luminous Mysteries) There are DNA ladders and Ladder Rosaries.

I think this picture truly has a lot to meditate on and I think Time has produced a very good icon even if done unintentionally.