[HiTech RedNeck]

What this suggests is that chance plays a greater role in evolution than does natural selection.

Coincidence is God acting anonymously :-)

BTW - The people who would demand earthly perfection before accepting a creation are missing the point that there is a higher goal. If the goal was only to have a physical creation, then of course it would now and always be perfect. If the goal, however, included allowing the creation to suffer, then it needn't be perfect.

[bzrd]

I agree, the imperfection of the creation is actually evidence FOR Biblical creationism, as it [the creation] was subject to the curse of Genesis 3.

Brian.

[avenir]

If the goal, however, included allowing the creation to suffer, then it needn't be perfect.

I don't think our suffering was a goal; I think it is a consequence of the Fall of Man in Eden. Some people demand Eden NOW, without ever acknowledging our loss of it due to our sin in Adam.

But that takes faith to see, and we are talking about science, right?

[DennisR]

"The entire creation groans together until now."

[Robert_Paulson2]

God never said "it is perfect" he said it was "good"... perfect means complete, not without compromises in design. A perfect car would have all the comfort of your house, and all the flexibility of a car... but it would not be an RV... or a HOUSE... in fact, the two are incompatible in an ultimately perfect transportation device that fits the definition of a car.

Sometimes "good" meant, "its plenty good enough for now" and God left it there. Part of evolution IS true, we were supposed to grow, adapt, expand and innovate our way around the compromises in our own design... based on our choices and preferences. PERFECTION of the ICE CUBE is pretty, but also pretty boring.

God forbid we be forced to endure boredom, and immortality in the icy realm of absolute perfection without opportunity for change and growth.

[Bonaparte]

"...then it needn't be perfect."

Or, put another way, it's perfect for its intended purpose.