God doesn't see it as a problem either, so both you and God agree :)
However, atheists argue that it would be stupid of God to take all that
time before getting around to creating Man. Their conclusion? There is no
God.
YECs argue the same thing, only they conclude that God did it in 6 days 6000
years ago, and that the 15 billion year figure is illusory.
both make the same error, which is that God is constrained to do things in
ways that certain humans find acceptable.
-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
Behalf Of Robert Schneider
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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