Isn't theistic evolution a little ... bizarre?

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First off, this isn't a creation vs evolution debate. This is specifically about theistic evolution. To those who believe in it: do you find it bizarre that god would create a unicellular organism and then allow it, through various mutations, to evolve over billions of years? Why would an almighty god go through so much trouble, especially when creating beings out of thin air is a much simpler process?
 

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First off, this isn't a creation vs evolution debate. This is specifically about theistic evolution. To those who believe in it: do you find it bizarre that god would create a unicellular organism and then allow it, through various mutations, to evolve over billions of years? Why would an almighty god go through so much trouble, especially when creating beings out of thin air is a much simpler process?

It's only unnecessary trouble if you assume that the end products of evolution are the only thing God cares about. I would imagine that God considers the process of evolution itself to be part of his creation. There are lots of other examples of physical processes God created that I think he also takes pride in, such as the laws of physics.
 
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Why would an almighty god go through so much trouble, especially when creating beings out of thin air is a much simpler process?
The question is what does the evidence show. When God engraves a fossil record in stone, then there must be something that He is wanting to show us. I just do not trust evolutionists to tell us what God's message is for us in all of that.
 
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The question is what does the evidence show. When God engraves a fossil record in stone, then there must be something that He is wanting to show us. I just do not trust evolutionists to tell us what God's message is for us in all of that.

I trust no one to tell us what God's message is for anyone in anything. No one agrees on any of it and no one has any evidence other than warm feelings and little anecdotes.
 
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You do not have to trust anyone for anything. The Holy Spirit of God will guide us and lead us into all truth. We do not need any man to teach us.

All I've seen so far is people pretending to know a lot about it but nothing a-happenin'! But I'm sure things will change.. any moment now.
 
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How can you compare evolution that is in a constant state of change with the laws of physics that are consistent and never change?

What's produced by evolution is something that changes constantly, but the basic principles that govern how evolution works (such as natural selection increasing the frequency of beneficial genes) have been basically the same for as long as life has existed.
 
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How can you compare evolution that is in a constant state of change with the laws of physics that are consistent and never change?
I think you may want to look up some names: Einstein, Hawking and Higgs.
 
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How can you compare evolution that is in a constant state of change with the laws of physics that are consistent and never change?

The earth and the sun are under the effects of gravity and always changing position. Gravity must be wrong then.
 
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First off, this isn't a creation vs evolution debate. This is specifically about theistic evolution. To those who believe in it: do you find it bizarre that god would create a unicellular organism and then allow it, through various mutations, to evolve over billions of years? Why would an almighty god go through so much trouble, especially when creating beings out of thin air is a much simpler process?

No,it's not bizarre.
Conditions on earth change..Cold then hot.Wet then dry.It is ever fluctuating.Without the ability to adapt to those changes, non evolving flora and fauna would not have survived,and life as we know it would not be possible.
 
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First off, this isn't a creation vs evolution debate. This is specifically about theistic evolution. To those who believe in it: do you find it bizarre that god would create a unicellular organism and then allow it, through various mutations, to evolve over billions of years? Why would an almighty god go through so much trouble, especially when creating beings out of thin air is a much simpler process?
Because if a god exists, then all available evidence suggests this is exactly how it did it.
 
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No,it's not bizarre.
Conditions on earth change..Cold then hot.Wet then dry.It is ever fluctuating.Without the ability to adapt to those changes, non evolving flora and fauna would not have survived,and life as we know it would not be possible.

Conditions have not changed much in the last 6,000 years.
 
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First off, this isn't a creation vs evolution debate. This is specifically about theistic evolution. To those who believe in it: do you find it bizarre that god would create a unicellular organism and then allow it, through various mutations, to evolve over billions of years? Why would an almighty god go through so much trouble, especially when creating beings out of thin air is a much simpler process?

Why do some people go to all of the trouble of making their own bread, when they could just buy a loaf from the store?

Sometimes the process is more satisfying than the end result.
 
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Conditions have not changed much in the last 6,000 years.

I didn't say anything about the last 6000 years..but it has had it's little ups and downs,like the little ice age.No changes in that one, I was talking about lasting changes like the end of the last ice age..Species that did not adapt went extinct.. Mastodons, Woolly Mammoths, Neanderthal Man are but a few.
 
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It's only unnecessary trouble if you assume that the end products of evolution are the only thing God cares about. I would imagine that God considers the process of evolution itself to be part of his creation. There are lots of other examples of physical processes God created that I think he also takes pride in, such as the laws of physics.

This.
 
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