Yeah. After all, the universe wasn't all that big when He started out. It
just, as some would say, "got out of Hand..."
;^).
Norm
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Schneider [mailto:rjschn39@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:30 AM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: Thoughts on the implications of evolution as a means of
creation
Why is this a problem? I don't see the problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shuan Rose" <shuanr@boo.net>
To: <MikeSatterlee@cs.com>
Cc: "Asa" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:51 AM
Subject: RE: Thoughts on the implications of evolution as a means of
creation
>
> Good point. The bible puts it somewhat differently. "To God a thousand
years
> are but a day". However, it does not quite deal with the problem of why
God
> used a 15 billion year process instead of an instantaneous process.Or why
> God created a universe this size if all he meant to do was to provide a
home
> for Man.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MikeSatterlee@cs.com [mailto:MikeSatterlee@cs.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:00 PM
> To: shuanr@boo.net
> Subject: Re: Thoughts on the implications of evolution as a means of
> creation
>
>
> Shuan Rose wrote: One of the objections raised to the concept of God
> creating
> though evolution is, Why would God use a process that would take 15
billion
> years? Was he
> simply twiddling his thumbs waiting for Man's appearance?
>
> Of course we know that Einstein proved long ago that time is only a
> dimension
> of our physical universe. And that time did not begin until our physical
> universe began.
>
> Since God created our physical universe, He must have existed before our
> dimension of time began. Or, since the word "before" refers to a point in
> time, it is probably more appropriate to speak of God existing "beyond"
our
> dimension of time, rather than "before" our dimension of time. That being
> the
> case, since God has all during these past 15 billion years existed beyond
> our
> dimension of time, He has never had to spend any time "waiting for man's
> appearance." For He has, all during this time, existed beyond time.
>
> As three dimensional people we exist beyond the two dimensional images
which
> are displayed on our computer monitors. Because we do, we are able to move
> to
> the sides of our monitors and view their depths rather than their widths
and
> heights. When we do so, their widths disappear from view. Since God exists
> beyond our four dimensional universe He is, no doubt, able to view one of
> its
> dimensions, time, in much the same way. By doing so, I'm sure He was able
to
> avoid "twiddling His thumbs" for 15 billion years. : )
>
> Mike
>
>
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