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"Yes, God DID do it. That gravity, thermodynamics and all the laws of physics can mostly be explained does not negate the God Who created it or sustains it..... Faith required in the astronomical possibility of evolution is far greater than a faith required to believe in God, but the God Whom I choose to believe in is far more complex and powerful than that of evolution."

So, if you accept that God put in place a system of physics, that through a few simple rules, the entire universe came into being and sustains itself in accordance with those rules, why do you have such a hard time accepting that evolution is nothing but an extension of those rules. Sure, maybe God did create man (along with everything else) but if he did it, he did it just like with the rest of the universe, by establishing this set of rules we call reality which includes a process we call evolution.

Evolution takes no stance on God much as physics takes no stance on God. It is a description of the reality around us and by extension, is born of and bound by the rules of that reality, ultimately physics. Where those fundamental rules came from is still a mystery.

You say that the God you choose to believe in is more complex than evolution. I would assume that such a god was more complex that any single aspect of his creation, planets, stars, whatever. Then why would he not be able to or choose not to produce a system where by life was self sustaining and would adapt to changing conditions?

why do you have such a hard time accepting that evolution is nothing but an extension of those rules. Sure, maybe God did create man (along with everything else) but if he did it, he did it just like with the rest of the universe, by establishing this set of rules we call reality which includes a process we call evolution.

Maybe? Is this admission;) You're trying to pry me in your direction with the God set it up and walked away line. I am not a Deist. I do not believe in a Clockmaker God. It stands to reason that God being God can make what He wishes in the time He chooses and suffers no restriction in how it gets done, THAT is the complexity I speak of with God. That you or anyone else simply dismisses it because His creation and science in your mind can not coexist is an issue for you and others to face and deal with. I know, you may well reject such a thing is possible yet you have enough faith in the amazing chance of just the right things happening out of billions and billions of chance possibilities because of the knowledge you do know. I get a bit of a chuckle out of how I am told that I am the idiot because I question the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. I get told I am the idiot for not believing the explanations of those in science who have divorced God from it all as a possibility and then try to tell me the God I believe in perhaps set it all up this way. Its funny because they demand I believe in God this way and yet dismiss the Bible. So, I am left with dismissing the Word of God on one hand and believing in their version of God or I am left to trust that Science does indeed support God and His work of creation. You can just take a guess at which one I will gravitate towards. Have any faith in the Bible at all? Not a set up, I am asking seriously. Why or why not?