I was curious and starting reading here and I see no one thinking about how God could have made an ever changing universe; that would seem far more impressive and interesting in my view.
There are plenty of people that feel that way around here, and even more 'out there'.
I'll end by saying I have no agenda in asking this, I'm simply curious of others thoughts and this is a line of thinking which I feel could yield some interesting ideas, though I doubt they'll be conclusive.
Since "God" ends up being a fuzzily defined entity with untestable powers approaching omnipotence it could have created everything with evolution, so that it was clear no evolution ever happened, or that it simply looks very much like evolution happened, but didn't. This is one of the problems with vaguely defined all powerful unfalsifiable entities - they could have done anything anyway. Maybe it created nothing but my mind and subjected it to a string of beliefs about what was happening to it? Anything is possible when you insert the G word, neh?
One thing is for sure, if we are talking about "YHWH" - evolution doesn't seem entirely his style (except for the large number of deaths involved of course). For some reason, YHWH is a god that wanted to make himself known to a select group of people a long time ago, and has been increasingly vague and unobvious since we started to develop science.
If YHWH passed on Genesis to people in vague metaphorical terms because they would not understand complex ideas of inflationary cosmology and evolutionary biology - wouldn't it be nice for him to give us an update now we are in a better position when it comes to understanding the universe?
religion is a tool in my opinion, much like video games, work or even sex for getting through life as pleasantly as possible and feeling fulfilled on the other end.
An interesting view. Unlike with other recreations though, religions tend to demand a certain degree of fidelity. 'Shopping around' is less common with religions than it is for other passtimes. Am I a YHWH person or is Zeus the way to go? Do I like FPSs or RTSs?
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