Watching asteroids; possible damage (Introduction)

by dhw, Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 13:29 (2613 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID’s comment: I'm glad we are on watch. Obviously God could not control this danger.

dhw: Obviously? This is an astonishing conclusion, and another example of “skewed” (your word) thought patterns. You believe that your God created the universe and everything in it, is always in tight control, but is incapable of controlling asteroids. And yet there have been several occasions when you have decided that he does control the environment, and even organized Chixculub. Either he can or he can’t control the environment, and that includes asteroids.

DAVID: It was Gerald Schroeder who wondered whether God hurled Chicxulub. I've quoted him, and agreed there is no way of knowing. Why are you surprised at my conclusion about God's powers? He could have cleared out the steroids, but didn't. They are dangerous but perhaps necessary in the evolution of the solar system with its very special Earth.
Therefore, either God could not control them or felt He shouldn't interfere with the process of solar system evolution He started. However, I must be agnostic about His powers. He may well not be able to exert full control.

So when you say “obviously God could not control this danger”, you actually mean you don’t know whether God could control this danger. And so you don’t know whether God can/does control all the environmental conditions that have influenced evolution. But what apparently you do know is that whether or not he could/did control the environment that influenced evolution, he could and did control every life form, lifestyle and natural wonder because they were all necessary to keep life going until he could fulfil his purpose of producing humans, because apparently you do know precisely what your God was thinking when he created the universe and Planet Earth. If you are agnostic about his powers, then perhaps you should remain agnostic about his intentions – especially since you cannot reconcile your view of his intentions with the history of his creations.