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Earlier in my life, I was more inclined to believe that if an omnipotent being did exist, perhaps what we perceive as evolution was its will at work - after all, one would think that and omnipotent being wouldn't really have much issue with time, and thus existing over what appears to us as millions of years while it manipulated various aspects of evolution would be no issue - which is what I theorized might explain the gaps in the evolutionary evidence that ptif219 seems so fond of pointing out.I dunno dude.
1500 posts and not an inch gained.
The sad thing is he's admitted evolution takes place. As he's admitted species change over time to adapt to their environment... Which is precisely what evolution is. It's just over time all those micro changes inevitably form a completely new species, especially if say the same species of turtle were put on two separate kinds of islands with different vegetation, terrain and weather factors.
We see evidence of this by the fact that certain species of birds still have small claws at the end of their wings...
If you want an example of why he so adamantly opposes evolution, go to conservapedia.com and look up their page on evolution...
To some conservatives such as Ptif its not so much that evolution is right or wrong, they can't prove it wrong, its more what it represents, and what it represents to them is an attack on Christianity because it challenges the idea that god made everything, dropped it on the earth and Adam and Eve and The garden of eden truly existed.
Maybe im wrong i dunno, but again after 150 pages, not an inch, an inch gained, being hopeful is... Brave. :mrgreen:
I'm less sure how valid this hypothesis might be now, but it's still a possibility.
And probably has a name all its own, because I think other persons have a similar view – with, of course, personal variations.