maziek: hi Mexico!
. Regardless of being (or not) catholic, he had a great and open mind, and had had friends among best polish (sic) scientists. The fact is, that Wojtyła (another open-mind) SIC used to invite many of them (being bishop in Cracov) many times for the discussions about what is the nature of universe (i.e. the beginning), about biology (i.e. evolution) etc. It is very possible that Lem was one of his quests. I don' t think they ever talked about religion. Because of his knowledge SIC about science Wojtyła - being pope - said for the first time "sorry" for Galileo, Bruno, and admitted that Darwin theory of evolution is something more important than only theory - I think. Another fact is, that both of them (Wojtyla and Lem) started together at the same time (about 1946 or 47) cooperation with "Tygodnik Powszechny" - weekly catholic magazine which was something SIC against comunism, so it would be strange, if they hadn't met together. So: I don't know, if they were friends, but it is for sure that they had many possibilities to meet, and if they used to discuss - no religion was the topic
- How can you talk to a priest and avoid religion? Show me any records proving any meeting between Wojtyla and Lem!
I think it is very difficult to understand, how it was. Let us think they were Judes SIC, and just hadn't practised it since years or decades. For nazi SIC the only important fact was, that they were Judes SIC i.e. had Jevish SIC ancestors - so they were to die. Let us think they were catolics SIC since decades - but they had Jevish SIC ancestors, so they were to die... Even nazi SIC, if it turned out, that they had any Jewish ancestors, were to die. To get proper papers was the only way to survive. In those conditions one will declare he is an UFO - to stay alive...
- Hitler aslo had a part-Jewish ancestry. It is well explained in John Toland's book. So Nazi law was designed such a way, that Fuehrer coukld not be officially declared as a Jew. Mother of Heydrich (Nazi ruler of occupied Bohemia and Moravia, that one assasinated by the Czech Resistance) was 100% Jewish, as his mother was a Jewess named Sarah. So one day the Nazis changed a description on her grave from "Sarah Heydrich" to "S. Heydrich"...