I just can't help but wonder about the difference between the Exhibit A God who declares a piece of creation into being and it appears....bam...ex nihilo.
And the Exhibit B God who declares creation into being and....
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wait (thousands of years later)
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wait (millions of years later)
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wait (billions of years later)
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There it is. (I called this a fish in my timelessness only minutes ago, but in your time a long, long, time ago. And, by the way, ex nihilo is a lot different than you think. PS: Sovereign isn't what you think, either.)
Exhibit B God simply isn't as powerful.
So say semi-Pelagians (Arminians). :)
Seems to me that many correspondents - whether intentionally or not - tend to equate all forms of creationism with young earth creationism thus leading to misunderstandings.
Here is an interesting survey of types of creationism: What is creationism?
Mine is not even on the list! LOLOL!