Then everything in life only appears to be random and random is a meaningless word. I am not willing to go quite that far, but I do know that random doesn’t mean “not under the control of God”.
Maybe. But since we don't have the level of knowledge yet to determine that, that can't be said for sure. Maybe some things are truly random; maybe nothing is. We can't know that yet.
... and random is a meaningless word.
No. *random* is a good description for much of what we see. It conveys meaning that others understand what is meant, even if it's not entirely accurate. Kind of like *sunrise* and *sunset*.
==Then everything in life only appears to be random and random is a meaningless word. I am not willing to go quite that far, but I do know that random doesn’t mean “not under the control of God”.
Then we all agree? Random still has meaning from a human vantage point, even though we recognize that what we call random is completely under God’s control. Does that about sum it up???