...is why he needed the seventh day to rest. Did all that creating tucker our omnipotent deity out?

if he forgot the genetic blueprint he used to fashion that Adamite. Why else did he use cloning technology to build that Evian character?

What does he spend it all on?

Jeebus, what a creep.

the omniscient ways of God. His ways are not our ways. We cannot fathom the vast understanding of the god behind the veil of the eternal all. In other words, if god wanted to do it in 6 days and take a break, he damn well can do it any way he wants. He's bigger than you and he owns the playground.



Actually it sounds a tad like dementia.

For a long time now, I've had a standard response when I hear that one:

"No, Gawd works exactly like random chance."

Lots of fun when a believer trots out the good old "Argument From Single Survivor of Tornado." They don't like it much, though...

While God could have created the universe in a lot less time than six days, that efficiency would likely not have tired him out and called for the need to rest on the SEVENTH DAY.

The whole thing, you see, is about getting to that Seven. Seven is a holy number, the number for all mankind, and also a brand of designer jeans. Seven was considered a God number in ancient Egypt and has special significance in many cultures. In some European folklores, the seventh son of a seventh son would be a vampire.

Those who research the Bible have discovered patterns in the occurrences and frequency of certain numbers. These offer additional proof not only that God inspired every word but that he really likes puzzles and is probably excellent at Sudoku.

Seven, of course, is not the only mystic number in the Bible. Other numbers of deep significance include the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and a few others. (Although honestly, once you’re in double digits, things are much less interesting.) The deep study of numerology allows religious scholars to discover hidden symbolism and make predictions. Like that one about the world ending on 10.10.10.

So, the answer is sure, God could easily have created the universe in a nanosecond. But what would be the fun in that?

but it deepens the mysticism. Thanks!

That would have saved him a lot of matchmaking trial-and-error.

That's why.

By even acknowledging the possibility of of a creative force you argue against all we hold sacred as atheists.

Those scientists who are schooled enough to believe the theory of The Big Bang, must believe their particular flavor of a god did it instantaneously.

Carl Sagan tried to keep bible people interested in his "Cosmos" series on PBS by answering questions about The Big Bang and his
"primordial soup" that was the Universe before the formation of stars and planets and comets, etc., tried to keep his viewers watching by stretching the concept of a god to include all those laws and principles of the Universe. If you can see the concept of a god as simply the laws of physics and chemistry that govern us all, then why would need prayer?

And that's where I have difficulty understanding rigorously trained scientists who accept a concept of a god and who practice a religion based upon a god. This is especially true when one engages in prayer, when these same rigorously-trained scientists know the physical laws controlling the Universe. One can no more pray for a win at a football game than one can pray that hurricane stays out to sea, or pray for a Cancer patient, member of their family or a friend, to "beat the odds". The laws of physics and astronomy are just as concrete as those of organic and inorganic chemistry or microbiology.

What religion must represent, for these rigorously-trained scientists, (if they were to be honest), must be all about some need and desire to belong to a group and to attain some status as a "scientist" within such a group.

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