(October 22, 2018 at 8:17 am)Grandizer Wrote: This is something I've been curious about for a while based on how some theists have described evolution in the past.
From Wikipedia:
Quote:Francis Collins describes theistic evolution as the position that "evolution is real, but that it was set in motion by God", and characterizes it as accepting "that evolution occurred as biologists describe it, but under the direction of God".
Bolded mine. What does that mean exactly? Does natural selection still play a role in theistic evolution? Did God, according to theistic evolution, only cause life to emerge and then let the natural processes of evolution do their thing? Or does he continually do the selecting as opposed to nature?
In essence God knowing how to manipulate nature for things to evolve into a finished or final product, god plants the first dna seed or God places two chemicals in the right condition at the right time, and protects and fosters growth much like you would in a green house or garden.
God is the God of the natural universe, then would it not stand to reason that the processes he would use to establish and maintain order be 'natural?' the only time God says he works supernaturally is to establish a prophet or in the case of Jesus his deity. Aside from these points anything God could/would do would be considered to be 'natural' by definition.
