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Kat:

Hi Bob,

Though I believe that science tells us the probable way our planet got it's start, I certainly do not believe that God just got it all started (the Big Bang) and then had a hands off approach and let it evolve as it would. And I think the proof in that is that our planet earth is so different than all other planets.

I think that God has stepped in numerous times and miraculously brought about certain things, like the various "days" of creation and the conditions necessary for life and He specially/miraculously prepared this planet to ready the world so to bring about mankind.

I see the universe as His wonderfully grand setting (certainly a miracle in itself) for this earth and His glorious work of the miraculous creation of beings (no evolution) that will be brought into His image.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

levycarneiro:

--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on December 10, 2012, 11:48:47 AM ---God cannot lie.

Tit 1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

So whatever we see in the universe is real else that would mean God is deceiving us by telling many millions of lies.

Personally, I believe whatever science 'thinks' is the truth about the universe.

--- End quote ---

Agree. If Creation took only a blink of an eye - in our sense of time - this verse would mean everything was created with the so-called "apparent age", and this per se would be a lie, ie, God creating something that "looks older" than really is. This doesn't look like God's ways through the Scriptures. God uses miracles often, but then they would be self-evident for someone to be blessed by it. Like the opening of the Red Sea, etc, it was to bless people, not to impress people (Look I can create the Universe in a blink of an eye).

Just a thought.

levycarneiro:

--- Quote from: Kat on December 10, 2012, 01:33:47 PM ---
I think that God has stepped in numerous times and miraculously brought about certain things, like the various "days" of creation and the conditions necessary for life and He specially/miraculously prepared this planet to ready the world so to bring about mankind.


--- End quote ---

Kat,

recently learned that there's a term "Fine tuning science" that lists several and several variables that are precisely tuned such as oxygen percentage in the air, distance from the Sun, etc. So for any of these several "knobs" if there's a light variation, life wouldn't be possible. I looked up some websites on Google, it's amazing the number of variables and conditions God precisely created/configured for human life here on this planet.

God bless,
Levy

levycarneiro:
From Ray's Where we got the Bible (http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,5815.msg48011.html#msg48011)

Why does God take billions of years to build mountains? I mean He could do it quickly, but He doesn’t. That’s the whole point, He doesn’t. You say, ‘well I wish He did. It would make more sense if God would do the magic trick, like I always thought. Boom, there’s the stars, boom the earth, boom the mountains and hills.’ What is greater is how He did do it.

It’s one thing for 100 construction men to go out and they build a big building or something. It’s another thing to level off a piece of land and carry out all the materials and have the building build itself. Imagine that. Just say, ‘okay go.’ Anybody can get a group of men and build a building. But put the materials out there and I’m going to tell the building to build itself. That’s what God does. He says, ‘watch this, I create what’s necessary. I give the raw materials, but watch this.The earth is going to create itself, over billions of years.’ Why does He do that? I only have some glimpses into it.

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