Originally Posted by Coyote10
A human came from a human, which God made. An ape came from an ape, which God made. It's not a hard concept.

In light of what we know about such things, and assuming you mean by your above statement that humans aren't (zoologically speaking) apes, monkeys, mammals, tetrapods, vertebrates, etc., it is indeed a hard concept. Impossible, in fact.

We agree that God is the Creator of all that is. He commanded the coming into existence all the matter and energy in the universe. As to how living things came about, God tells us. He says that, with regard to them, he commanded the earth and the waters to bring them forth, and they did. It doesn't say that he micromanaged how that was done.

That's not to say he didn't know exactly how it would all occur when he started the ball rolling. That's the character of prescience, which only he possesses.

A professional bowler can anticipate with a high degree of certainty the course his ball will take when he lets it go. Its progress along the course of the lane, despite the fact that he isn't micromanaging each inch of its travel, was a product of his intentional actions and, due to his skill level, he had a high degree of certainty that all the pins would be knocked down in the end. All that, despite the fact that a professional bowler lacks the character of prescience. How much more certain was God of the outcome of his command to nature to bring forth all the living creatures?