I agree in principle. I'm saying that the creation of soulful man could satisfy the condition of new and individual creation, especially the individual part. Still, I haven't ruled out mankind's creation ex-nihilo, circa the dawn of civilization. As you say, God can do what he wants, his way, regardless of how it looks to any of us down here. If darwinians cite genetic similarity, for example, the evidence is not convincing. Our genetic information is remarkably similar to all sorts of lesser creatures, so DNA doesn't seem to be a reliable indication of common ancestry in the long run.
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There is an important factor you may not be considering. Proper exegesis can make the difference between taking God at his word, and taking God at our own word. It is theologically perilous to equate "as it is written" to "as it is read." We are so far removed from the context of the original author's environment and audience, that even the most faithfully rendered translation can lead us a stray through our preconceptions. This is how poor doctrine manifests most often. More problematic is the fact that translations of the original text, even if rendered perfectly, eventually lose currency with language. Worse, the mind can also read colloquially when the translation was not rendered to include such parlance.
So, to take the bible as it was written, not only do we need a modern, competent translation, we need other tools to aid our interpretation. These include a concordance dictionary and scholarly commentaries, both of which are even freely available on the internet.
I think God knew what He was doing and the bible is meant to be understood by even those not very educated and simple folk. To suggest a 'competent' translation is required to work anything out throws our spiritual guide into the realm of the intelligencia that tend to complicate that which is really quite simple such that it also becomes a mystery requiring others to put forward interpretations. I cannot believe this. I suggest that God made sure the important essence of the bible re morality as well as scientific content where it is mentioned has been protected, as a witness, sufficiently that all the nations can pick the bible up, read it and understand its meaning.
By intelligencia I mean a group of people that likely have relevant theocratic credentials that think earthly education makes them smarter or more correct than anyone else that is simple and not highly educated.
That also means that there is no need for any person, Pope, the intelligencia or otherwise to dictate what is or isn't a simple truth or why scriptures that speak to any issue are not plainly correct as written.
Now, because of these and other factors, the dynamics become much more complicated than take it or leave it. Besides, is your faith rooted in God himself, or the recording of his word? Truly, his word will not perish, but the written account of it might. For what absolute, perfect truth can even be communicated in our imperfect language?