>Good answer. God is in control of all nature. The idea that he would not
>be present in and in control of anything that goes on at any scale in
>nature is, IMO, unbiblical. But note that you are talking about the
>presence or absence of gaps without stating your frame of reference. From
>a human point of view, I agree with you that there are no discernable gaps.
>that he commands at will. But without his sovereign command, moment by
>moment, nature ceases to function and indeed ceases to exist. That is a
>huge gap -- but one we are not permitted to see. There might of course be
>other gaps which lie in the category of "secret things" ala Deut 29:29. In
>much of this discussion there seems to be an implicit assumption that it
>there are gaps, we can find them. I think that's a questionable assumption.
The sentence following "discernable gaps" should have read
that he commands at will.
Thus the entire paragraph should have been
>Good answer. God is in control of all nature. The idea that he would not
>be present in and in control of anything that goes on at any scale in
>nature is, IMO, unbiblical. But note that you are talking about the
>presence or absence of gaps without stating your frame of reference. From
>a human point of view, I agree with you that there are no discernable
>gaps. From God's point of view nature is a complex of finely tuned
>mechanisms
>that he commands at will. But without his sovereign command, moment by
>moment, nature ceases to function and indeed ceases to exist. That is a
>huge gap -- but one we are not permitted to see. There might of course be
>other gaps which lie in the category of "secret things" ala Deut 29:29. In
>much of this discussion there seems to be an implicit assumption that it
>there are gaps, we can find them. I think that's a questionable assumption.
Bill Hamilton whamilto@mich.com
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