Evolution v Creationism (Part II Responses) (Evolution)

by dhw, Thursday, September 18, 2014, 18:25 (3717 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: I think you are puzzled because you can see for yourself that the evolutionary bush does not fit in with your idea of God knowing right from the beginning exactly what he wanted and how to get it. I see a glimmer of light in your belief that your "God is extremely powerful", because you are not saying he is "all-powerful" or, more to the point, "all-knowing". If only you would give your God the capacity to learn, I suspect the puzzlement would disappear. But heck, whaddoIknow?-DAVID: I just keep guessing because I think the Bible expresses human wishes about how God should be, and I'm not exactly sure how much power He lacks in any sphere.
 
I don't know why you bring the Bible into it, since you always insist that you think for yourself and have great doubts about the Bible. No-one can be exactly sure about anything, but at least we can try to find a reasonable explanation for what we think we know. If I'm right, and your puzzlement is caused by the discrepancy between the evolutionary bush and your desire to have God know everything in advance, why not at least consider the possibility that God did not know everything in advance? You believe in free will, which would be pretty self-contradictory if your God already knew all your decisions before you made them. What's wrong, then, with him setting things in motion without knowing where they will lead? Or wanting to create something brand new, and having to learn how to do it?