Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Originally Posted by JoeBob
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Correct. It would be. That's not what I believe. As a pro bowler is capable of releasing the ball in such a way as to intend a strike, and, once released, be sure that he threw a strike. How much more so can God set the universe in motion in such a way as to be sure of all the outcomes that result, in accordance with his will.


Then creation isn’t random, it’s designed. So why do you argue against intelligent design?
Because God had nothing whatever to do with the design of living creatures. He delegated that job to nature, as it says in Genesis. And this makes sense when you look at how living creatures are put together. Not only is there no evidence of an intelligent designer, but there's lots of evidence of stupid design, where things are just good enough to work, but no better.

God did no micromanaging of the process, but created a process by which his desired outcome (with respect to living creatures) would eventually come about. He knew how it would unfold, but didn't make it do so by the process that it did. That he left to nature, for whatever reason he chose to do so.



Then if he left it to nature, we were an accident and the Bible is a lie. You can’t have it both ways.