Re: More fusillades in the ID wars

> Terry wrote:
> I'll respond to some of the other points later, but now just to this
> point. It's amazing to me how different words can mean very different
> things to different people. When I say that evolution "is an
> expression of His creative and providential will", I mean that every
> detail even down to atomic and quantum events is ordained and decreed
> by God. So, no, I don't accept a "sporadic, intermittent divine
> intervention in the progression of life"--divine "intervention" is
> throughout and ever-present. Take Gould's replay the tape of life
> idea--his notion of contingency results in a complete different
> outcome. My notion of divine control (and contingency) results in
> exactly the same outcome.

On Feb 3, 2005, at 9:11 PM, Dick Fischer answered:
> I can agree with that.  Only I would tend to attribute the outcome as
> already known due to His foreknowledge.  If he has to continually
> tweak the process as He goes along then He is forcing the outcome
> which calls into question: Do we really have free will?  How can we be
> accountable?  And questions like that.

Continually "tweak" what?

This remark has brought me out of lurking. It has been years since I
have posted on this list and have been reading it for the past few
weeks to see what's changed (not much...not even the cast of
characters...Hi everyone!).

So, when is He "tweaking," and when is He doing whatever He's doing
when He's not "tweaking?" And just what would the "non-tweaking" look
like? In other words, please name the natural processes that proceed
autonomously without God's input.

Just wondering how the "tweaking" part fits in with all that Providence
stuff. ;{>

Bill
Received on Thu Feb 3 23:27:32 2005