Moses wasn't an idiot. He had the best education that the world could give. He was raised in the house of one of the most powerful men on the planet at that time. So yes, I believe Moses would have understood perfectly well if God had described evolution to Him if that was what He had used to Create.
And besides, what is the theological reason for explaining it the way Darwin did? If he used the process that Darwin describes to create man, then wouldn't he just say "God created man?" (which is exactly what he did).
That question presupposes that God did use Darwin's method and assumes there is some theological point to Darwin's method. I don't think there is any theological point to evolution......well, except to resist God.
I just think that there is a danger in assuming that we have all the answers. The question of how God created man is just not important. All we need to know is that he did it.
The bigger danger is not being willing to say that we really do have an answer where God has clearly spelled something out. Too many times we refuse to say that we KNOW what God was saying because it sounds presumptous but God gave us the Bible so that, through the Holy Spirit, we could understand.
I don't think God has clearly spelled this out. If you do, then perhaps you can explain to me how God made man, according to the clear explanation in the Bible.
Forest and trees, again, my friend. Maybe Moses could have been tutored by God himself in the finer points of the development of the cosmos, but the worker in the field had no use for this knowledge. It would have been as counter-productive to reveal advanced scientific information as it would be to try to attempt to explain to my 4 year old how an internal combustion engine works when she asks how a car can go. "I step on this pedal" is a truthful and appropriate answer for her developmental level.
That question presupposes that God did use Darwin's method and assumes there is some theological point to Darwin's method. I don't think there is any theological point to evolution......well, except to resist God.
Don't be ridiculous. Does it really destroy God if He put forth a plan to make the earth what it is by having all of existence explode out of nothingness in a Big Bang? It's actually more complex and majestic how order comes from this giant seemingly-random cosmos and results in human beings who are then invited to commune with God.
SD