----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard J. Van Till" <hvantill@novagate.com>
To: <pruest@mysunrise.ch>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: Response to: What does the creation lack?
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> (1) Randomness and purpose are NOT mutually exclusive.
>
> (2) If human agents are able to employ authentic randomness purposefully,
> should we not be prepared to expect God to be able to do the same?
>
> (3) Presuming that all probability values [related to the formation of a
> biosphere] were thoughtfully conceptualized and purposefully given to the
> Creation by the Creator, why should we expect these probability values to
be
> far too small to be successful?
[deleted]
Howard, the difficulty with your three points is that it is true that if one
rolls a die and the outcomes are truly random and if the outcomes 1,2, 3,
and 4 are for the house (Casino) and 5 and 6 for the players, then the
outcome is in favor of the house over many rolls. The trouble is that if
one applies that to the whole of Creation then the death of an individual
person is a matter of the odds and can have no other significance. I thought
God knew even the number of hairs in our heads??? Moorad
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