RE: [asa] Advice for conversing with YECs (and now the flood)

Bernie,

If God uses evolutionary processes to produce a plethora of life forms for
His own satisfaction and glory, it seems to me that we should consider the
possibility that He would, when a very rare planet hosts a sentient life
form, simply use the evolved DNA and other molecular structures of such
species as His template for anyone He elects to make from scratch and give
spiritual life to by His own spiritual "breath" (eg Adam).

Thus, no hide and seek is played, of course, and no proof that would nullify
faith due to evidenciary knowledge is found (per James point).

Coope

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 1:54 PM
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Subject: RE: [asa] Advice for conversing with YECs (and now the flood)

James said:

> If God had custom designed the DNA of man (or any organism for that
> matter) to be "perfect" then it would have been like putting a signpost
> there stating "God was here"

Does that mean that God also hid all the evidence from a worldwide flood,
because if we saw the marks on the Earth from a world wide flood (which we
don't) it would scream "God was here?"

James makes it sound like God is playing a very serious game of hide and
seek. However, if God created via evolution, there's nothing to hide, and
the marks we observe just reveal reality.

...Bernie

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