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The_Barbarian
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Since I discovered AIG had altered the statements of scientists to make it appear that they believed things they did not, I have no respect for that group. If they consider the truth to be the enemy, then they are not with God.I’ll have to say that I’m really disappointed that nobody from the other side of the argument has jumped in here. That would have been most helpful as I could see a more immediate exchange of ideas and information. As it is, I can go someplace like Answers in Genesis and relay the information to you for feedback, but I don’t get to see the dialogue I had hoped for.
You’ve presented a very strong case (at least in absence of an opponent in the discussion) for the transitional fossils that indicate evolutionary change, even from one kind to another.
You’ve also made a strong case (in this most recent post) for the very probable role that random mutations, along with the impersonal (though certainly not random) force of natural selection (along with other impersonal factors, I would guess, such as genetic drift) turning those random mutations into an orderly progression from simple life to human life.
Still the Creator. As the Pope says, even contingency can be used by God. If He made the world, wouldn’t it work the way He intended?So, where does this leave God?
In other words, if we looked different, would it matter? I don’t think so.I understand that evolution explains the physical body, but not the creation of the soul, but as to how this particular body - the shape and characteristics of a human - came about, rather than having the soul of man end up in a body that looked more like an antelope?
God has a hand in guiding the spin of subatomic particles. The hand of God is a lot more basic than jiggling the rules to make mutations.Do you personally believe that God had a hand in guiding which mutations should arise in order to give man his final form?
If He is omniscient, then I don’t see how anyone can say otherwise.Or do you believe that God knew that random mutation through natural selection would ultimately result in the most “perfect” biological form, into which he would place the soul of man (and with his omniscience, he knew from the beginning what that biological form would be)?
“Engineering” would be the wrong word. That’s what creatures do. God creates.Or perhaps God enginered nature in such a way that the natural forces would “naturally” select the appropriate mutations to result in the first man?
Possibly. I know He’s behind it. Precisely how, I don’t know. But I trust He’s doing it right.Or other options???