Re: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

Sounds interesting. It seems to me that Scripture implies BOTH that
randomness is "real" AND that God is sovereign over individual random
events. "The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision
is from the Lord" (Prov. 16:33). Does Bartholomew consider such a
perspective, or does he assume that randomness and divine sovereignty
on the micro level are fundamentally dichotomous?

Kirk

On Jun 5, 2008, at 7:56 AM, Randy Isaac wrote:

> What is his suggestion? On p. 192 he says "There is no physical
> mechanism--there does not need to be--but chance and necessity
> alone are sufficient to do the job in exactly the way God
> intended." In other words, the randomness we see is real and the
> individual "random" events are not individually determined by God
> but the macroscopic purpose and direction is accomplished through
> the randomness of the micro level. He goes on to discuss human
> freedom in the same terms.
>
> Clearly, this will cause considerable angst to those who require
> God's specific involvement, knowledge, and guidance of each
> individual event. But I think there's a lot of merit to his
> suggestion. I encourage you to read it and give it serious thought.

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Received on Thu Jun 5 19:12:39 2008