On 1/31/08, Michael Roberts <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The main problem with a discussion on PT on this list is that none hold to
> PT so wont be the best to lead a discussion on it.
I think that I may hold to a variation of process theology.
My theology holds that God and the created universe are separate; God
existed before the universe. I am not sure the creation was ex-nililo,
but it may have been; that point seems to be unimportant.
I hold that God can be -- and often is -- surprised by our decisions.
How far that goes I do not know.
It seems likely to me that over the eons God has "played" with his
creation. Does that mean that there have been evolutionary paths not
taken -- or paths taken which could not, even in theory, be explained
by natural causes? I think so.
I hold that humanity is, itself, non-natural -- supernatural, if you
will. All I mean by that is that any of us is capable of changing the
material universe, usually very slightly, in ways that cannot, even in
principle, be "explained" by natural causation. I suspect that to some
extent the animal kingdom (my lab, for instance) also participate in
this.
But all the above I hold only provisionally; none of it seems to be of
primary importance to my Christian faith. It is just philosophical
rambling, akin to a group of college sophomores with a buzz on. <G>
Burgy
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