“He thought that God setting up all these intricate, interrelated laws of physics to make things happen as they did was even more incredible than simply creating something.”
Indeed. Such is truly the workings of an amazing and transcendent God. A God who goes “poof” and things happen is a God that even a child can understand.
Creation is a broader concept than just originating the universe. It looks at the whole thing and sees how it exists, and more narrowly why it does not not exist.
Creation is a broader concept than just originating the universe. It looks at the whole thing and sees how it exists, and more narrowly why it does not not exist.
amd Indeed. Such is truly the workings of an amazing and transcendent God. A God who goes “poof” and things happen is a God that even a child can understand.
OK. Then explain how God did it with *poof*.
What was the mechanism that made everything appear instantaneously? How much power did it take? Where'd the matter come from? How was it formed?
If it's so simple that a child can understand it, you shouldn't have any problem telling us how He just popped matter into existence in fully formed, highly organized, properly functioning systems.
If the end product is the same, how is it that it took longer any more incredible than if it took less time? Why is the time frame the criteria for determining that than the fact that God was able to do it.
Any God capable of creating all known matter and producing the universe we observe and live in is pretty incredible regardless of the length of time involved in the mechanism.
Claiming that the God who took longer is somehow a greater God is merely human rationalization to support their POV. It's simply an opinion.