Re: Proof of God's existence? Why not evolution?

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> "Mark Earnest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> in reply to...
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>> > >> > How about God made everything, but used natural selection as
>> > >> > his tool?
>> > >>
>> > >> Ok, but why would god require natural selection?
>> > >
>> > > Just as we like to use tools to make things with, so does God.
>> > > Consider natural selection his artbrush.
>> >
>> > But why couldn't god just create all things at once.
>> 
>> He did, but he stretched out the seven day creation into a continual
>> creation over billions of years.  This is possible because God does
>> not exist in time.
> 
> 
> I can't comprehend this at all (existing outside of time).  Could you
> elaborate a little?  Does that mean God has no memories of past events
> (even perfect memory)?  Does God not experience something like "a
> moment ago" or the predicted location of a falling object 10 seconds
> in the future?
> 

Like most theist arguments, Mark's is based on hypocrisy.

It is all right for him to make wild and unsubstantiated claims about god, 
like existing "outside of time", but if a non-believer deduces any 
inconsistency their oppinon has no bearing, since god can not be 
understood.