River Jordan said:
Scripture says that God created by letting the earth "bring forth" various organisms. Evolution is obviously the means by which the earth "brought forth".
The earth did seem to "bring forth" quite a variety of critters, back in her youth. Perhaps the old gal is just getting tired. She doesn't seem to be producing anything new.....hasn't, as far as I know, in the history of mankind.
One thing I did notice...God specifically told her to bring forth fully developed critters, each one "after his kind"...He doesn't seem to have mentioned any morphing from one species to a different species. Now, I'm not the one to try to say how God did it.....it is enough for me to know that God did it, without my having to know all the details, which I suspect are beyond human understanding anyhow. But I do wonder, first of all, how science figures life began in the first place, as Darwin's famous theory doesn't seem to have covered that, and next, how science figures that a few living cells could eventually produce all the huge variety of living things that we see around us today. Everything from daisies to dinosaurs from a couple of cells? Well, maybe....
Of course, God can do whatever He sets His mind to do, He certainly doesn't need me, or anyone else to tell Him what He can and cannot do. I just don't think science has it "all figured out" just yet. In fact, I doubt if science ever will. It's okay though. As long as God knows what He is doing, it really doesn't matter that we don't.
And here is another question. Why is it that human beings are the only critters to develop sentience....or is that the right word? Obviously, I'm not the techie type...perhaps I mean sapience. Point is, why am I not carpooling with intelligent bears, or hiring two legged dogs or cats with fingers to do my housework? Why is every other species so far behind us?
An unlikely species, i would have thought....mankind, i mean. The outer integument is completely vulnerable...no shell, no pelt, no scales, not even a feather...nothing more than a bit of thin hair covers their bodies. They can't run very fast, or burrow, or climb, or fly. And they have no defense at all...no claws, no fangs...why compared to even the smallest predator, they are incredibly weak! These so-called "naked apes" are "easy meat". So, how did we ever survive long enough to become the masters of the planet?
I know....but I do think that there is more at work here than Momma Nature...