anastasia writes:
Is this system so shut in as to be self-sufficient and incapable of receiving anything from without?
First, it depends on what you mean by "this system". If you mean the (material) earth/sun system then yes, it is self-sufficient.
Second, there's a difference between "self-sufficient" and "
incapable of receiving anything from without". The system might very well be able to take in something from without
if there was anything there.
Third, I have no idea what this has to do with the topic.
In other words, can God be acting within evolution?
*shrug* If He is acting, He must be acting within evolution. You might as well ask if the wind can act within the atmosphere.
Thus I asked if evolution in any way precludes this idea, and even if it does not, does doctrine?
As far as I know, evolution doesn't preclude "acts of God" - it just tries to explain them. As for doctrine, how can it preclude the truth?
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