Evolution and the Bible?

[rossum]

It may have proceeded from something that the Creator created, but since He created humans with agency, then death could logically proceed from creature rather than from creator …

Then the creature is also a creator, and God did not create everything, just most things. He is no longer the “Creator of all” but the “Creator of most”.

 

[De_Maria]

FrancisFan43:

(Wisdom) 1:13 For God made not death…

Theologically interesting. Death exists.

Is death a creature?

God did not make death.

That is correct.

Therefore there is a second creator somewhere…

There are many second creators. All humans are second creators.

Or is death eternal, like God?

Nope. Death will no longer exist after the Resurrection.

One for the theologians I think.

Catholic Theologians have already answered this question. Death is not
a creature. It is a condition. The condition of death was created when Satan
tempted Adam to disobey God and thus disconnect himself from the source
of life.

 

[Gorgias]

Then the creature is also a creator

In a difference sense, though. It’s not a univocal use of the term, in the same way as we’d talk about a Creator who creates ex nihilo.

and God did not create everything, just most things. He is no longer the “Creator of all” but the “Creator of most”.

Hardly. He’s the creator of all; we’re merely assemblers of what has already been created.

 

[rossum]

In a difference sense, though. It’s not a univocal use of the term, in the same way as we’d talk about a Creator who creates ex nihilo .

He didn’t create from pure nothing. He created from nothing and Himself.

Hardly. He’s the creator of all; we’re merely assemblers of what has already been created.

God is uncreated, so He did not create Himself. That gives at least one existing deity that God did not create. He can at best be the creator of almost all.

Nit-picky? Moi?

 

[rossum]

The Bible- the Word of God was written by prophets and the Apostles mentions the universe being created by God in a matter of six days and humans are created in the image of God and on how humans became sinners and on how humans can be saved from our punishment of sin- the Blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God

If God made the world and God inspired the Bible then the correct interpretations of both must agree, since God is not deceptive.

The world definitely shows that the woodenly literal interpretation of Genesis is incorrect. For example, Genesis has birds appearing on day five while land animals appear on day six. The evidence we see in the world shows that land animals appeared before birds. The literal interpretation of Genesis is incorrect, as shown by the world God created.

There are other interpretations of Genesis which match the evidence of God’s world far more closely.

 

[Gorgias]

He didn’t create from pure nothing. He created from nothing and Himself .

“Ex nihilo” means “from no pre-existing material”. So, yeah… from nothing.

That gives at least one existing deity that God did not create. He can at best be the creator of almost all.

Nit-picky? Moi?

LOL! Yeah… nit-picky!

So, if it makes you happier to state it as “God is eternal and uncreated” and “God is the Creator of all creation”, then ok.