Re: Carbonate deposition (formerly oil, etc.)

>The theological mistake the OECs make is to try, with limited
information, to construct a box to contain the infinite God. Sounds kinda silly when you think about it.<

OEC does not require God to be limited. However, it rejects the claims of Flood geology that the Flood was geologically omnipotent. A volcano, or even a whole bunch of hyperactive volcanoes, will not provide adequate calcium carbonate to account for the limestone in the geologic record within one year while maintaining conditions suitable for life. God can do as He pleases, but volcanoes cannot.

Remember also that God's omnipotence is constrained to be self-consistent. E.g., He cannot sin. Flood geology and many young-earth arguments (e.g., attacking radiometric dating) claim that God was wildly dispensational in His running of creation up through Genesis 11, which seems inconsistent with His character. As a good Presbyterian, surely you know that God does things decently and in order.

Note also that antievolutionary arguments commonly assert that God could not have created using evolution, thus imposing a box of their own.

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Received on Thu Dec 4 19:22:12 2003