into a rhetorical stance of opposing “Darwinism.” If we lose the battles over words, we may lose the battles over ideas. A certain ambiguity of language also affects the discussion of teleology in the cardinal’s article. What does the word purpose mean as applied to the natural world? It may refer to the purpose in the mind of God when he created things to be a certain way; or to an intention in the mind of a creature, such as an animal hunting for food or a human being building a house; or to an