Re: [asa] Neo-Darwinism and God's action

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Terry M. Gray wrote:

> Logan Gage is mistaken to think that there is no difference between physical
> and metaphysical randomness. God "orders" some of his "decree" to "fall out"
> by chance events. Such events look entirely like chance events to us the
> human observer, even though they are completely ordered by God. Even Calvin
> talks about the ill-fortune (bad luck) of the fellow killed in the forest
> when a branch fell on him while passing by. But, no doubt, for Calvin it was
> part of God's plan and decree. I suppose it's semantics of sorts. I'm happy
> to call things that look like random events in terms of statistical analysis,
> random, even though I know that from God's perspective and purpose they are
> not at all random. From God's point of view nothing is random, it's all
> decreed and ordained. (And that goes also for the free choices of free
> agents!)

An example that comes to mind is found in I Kings 22:34 and II Chronicles
18:33. From the human standpoint this shot was random but surely not so
with God.

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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Received on Fri Feb 15 22:06:49 2008