Europe began its own American-style debate on the origins of life when Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna cast doubt on the acceptability of Darwinism and evolutionary theory to people who see themselves as faithful Roman Catholics. The Cardinal argued that evolution is the work of God and that evolutionary theory should be interpreted in that light and no other.
&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;当维也纳的红衣主教克里斯托弗·施波恩对那些自认为是罗马天主教信徒的人们质疑达尔文主义和进化论理论是否可以接受时，欧洲开始了其美国式的有关生命起源的辩论。这个红衣主教主张进化是上帝之作，应该根据这一观点，而非其他观点来解释进化论理论。