What amuses me about the creation/evolution debate is that those are not the only two options.

Someone once asked me "Do you believe in Creation or Evolution?" and the only honest answer I could give was, "No."

To say that "God created the Universe" is to posit a God who is separate, and outside of it. This Deity would then either use something existing outside Itself, or part of its own self, to make a universe.

If it used something outside itself, this would imply that the God and the Universe are still separate things. As if a man were to build a house. He could live in it, but not BE it.

If the Deity used its own self for this creation, then it would BE the creation. The act of creation would be shaping itself. This would be something more like body building.

The idea of the Omniscient Being who knows every detail of every atom would require that the Deity BE the universe, not be outside it somewhere.

In that case, the fossil record would be signs of what the Deity has been in the past. What we see now is the Deity. So, what are we doing when we breed animals for specific traits?

No, we are not doing anything unholy. If the Deity is the universe, it is also us.

So, what we do every day is an act of God. What kind of life you have depends on that kind of God to decide to be.

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