God's Creation

It seems these days that for some Christians, especially those in the academic community and/or committed to education in science, the thought of God creating a biological cell after the Big Bang is unacceptable. I speak mostly of "Theistic evolutionists," who say God created life and species variation through strict physical laws. However, I don't see direct, supernatural creation as all that far removed from Thomas Aquinas when he discussed the 5 proofs of God's existence, which he elaborated in his Summa Theologica, Part I,, Question 2, link HERE.

Thomas talked about effects and causes. If we know the effect but not the cause, we can logically deduce the cause. Thomas speaks of the material nature we see and know. And he proceeds in thought from this material nature to speak of the supernatural God.

At some point these Christians must consider that God made Creation the way He saw fit. But there are a few reasons that some Christians don't "allow" God to touch His own creation. It is beneath His dignity, they say, to do less than plan out the whole thing before the start. So all He is allowed to do is watch. He can't tinker, He can't wait for perhaps a more timely moment to do His work. One wonders whose dignity is really at stake here, when it seems the Theistic evolutionists keep at least one eye focused more on the opinions of secular scientists than the actual facts.

Or, they say, some scientist may come up with a physical reason for the cell. I ask they just start reading about the cell. Click on my Topics link for "ID" and / or "Creation" and take your time. If there is any law of physics which is ever discovered that makes the cell, it will be as finely tuned for the possibility of life as they are finding the Universe to be (Anthropic Principle).

That God interacts with biology is believed by Christians. Christ changed water to wine, He healed, He raised persons from the dead. It is time for all Christians to stand up when we are called Creationists and answer, "Yes, we are, and we praise the Lord through Jesus Christ for His amazing works!"

May you enjoy a Blessed Easter.