Replies

For me, for now, God will suffice.

I can give you lots of topics where, for me, God is the only logical, rational answer. And I fully believe He created the universe. It's just that I believe he set in motion 'laws' of physics and let them do most of the work.

One of my little analogies is this: Suppose you are a cow and you see a car drive by. Small manipulations of the wheel and gas pedal make the car go exactly where the driver wants it to go, but to a cow there is no visible control. It just goes.

We are created in God's image, and since we use mechanisms (rather than brute force, like animals) to accomplish what we want, it seems logical and rational to me that God would set mechanisms in place to accomplish His will. And - like the cow - we may not be able to perceive the manipulations that cause His will to be done, but they're still there.

I agree somewhat. There are things that God doesn’t control: mainly bad things happening to good people. We bear responsibility for actions we take that cause injury to others. Sometimes they’re accidents, but at times evil takes hold of people and bad things happen. That’s where the Devil exerts his influence.