Re: Back to Glenn

John P. McKiness (jmckines@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:51:16 -0500

At 08:27 PM 10/22/98 -0500, Glenn wrote in part:

>I think we are not completely communicating. I was specifically referring
>to fossil animals, not to miracles at Cana etc. While God does intervene,
>it doesn't mean that God intervenes in everything. By intervene I mean the
>contradiction of natural law (which is a constant expression of God's
>sovreignty.)
>
>What allows you to make the assumption that God MUST intervene in the
>creation of animals? God doesn't intervene in the motion of the planets.
>

Glenn,

Your statement above seems very contradictory to me. If natural law means
"a constant expression of God's sovreignty" what does intervention mean?

Maybe we should just say that sometimes the expression of His sovereignty is
a surprise and unexplainable, such as the miracles at Cana or the origin of
the universe; I think that would be more honest.

John