Without evolution as an “out”, there’s no getting around the reality of a Creator, and our accountability to Him.
Being a slave to happenstance means... being a slave to happenstance.
And happenstance does not care a fig about you.
I have never understood why so many people are possessed of the illogical idea that evolutionary theory is somehow exclusive of God and His Creation?
Myself, I find it awesome to consider that God didn’t create me the ‘easy way’ but instead I am part of a 15 billion year plan that led to my existence...and He knew I would exist when He set that plan into motion!
I compare this to thinking that I could have a father who would buy me a pre-fabricated home (for which I’d be grateful) or I could have a handmade home in which my father grew the trees for the lumber that he milled himself, he mined the ore to make the steel for the nails, and he attended to every little detail in minute detail taking years and years to create something for me.
I’m sorry to disappoint some of you, but for me the idea of God using evolution to bring about His plan speaks to a God whose wisdom is truly beyond our understanding.
And if it was all done in seven days then that’s fine, too. But either way I still believe in God and I am left to wonder about people who obsess over evolution and creation as if their faith hinges on one being true over the other.
And that’s not faith.
My God is my God and my Lord and Savior no matter what.