Pastor John,
We just had these thoughts after [my husband] got off the phone with his brother. They were talking about all kinds of scientific theory stuff about “how the universe came into being,” and [my husband’s] repeated comment was basically, “That’s a theory based on a theory based on a theory… Where’s the fact in that?” Funny, because earlier we had been talking about how “science” is just basically “the study of” — it isn’t “fact.” I studied cognitive science for linguistics in college. When people say, “Religion [meaning the Bible] is at odds with science,” they mean it’s at odds with man’s assessment of the things that we all see — it’s not at odds with the actual truth.
So when [my husband] was telling me about their conversation, I realized that the Bible says very plainly how God created everything: He just said, “Let it be.” God is so wise that when He said there would be man, Adam was made with all he would need to be the first of many when woman came along. God didn’t have to thiiinnnk abouuut iiiittt for humans to be as complex as we are. He said, “Let it be” and “it” was made already right!
“Evolution” is what happens when people think about how [nature] would have to go about making an earth… like how technology has progressed. “First, everything was very simple and ineffective. Then, as we learned, the old technology died. Technology will continue to get more advanced as it evolves.” Substitute creation instead and, like [my husband] said, it shows how people think of God as “a big one of us”!
That was just a light bulb moment to realize the answer to *how* God created everything isn’t just, “It doesn’t matter”; it is just that He did! Until recently, I didn’t understand your problem with the way people use the word “create” and its derivatives. I still think people’s use has morphed the popular meaning, as with many words, but now I do think it’s an incorrect use.
Bxxxx
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Very good, Bxxxx! I am glad you finally saw the light. No one can create anything except God.
Thanks for writing. Your email was very insightful and interesting. We look forward to seeing you both before too much longer.
Pastor John