Eddie Asks: Does God Govern Evolution?

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@eddie thanks for the clarification.

@Eddie

Jon can speak for himself. As for me, I’ve never, not once, not in a thousand posts on BioLogos or anywhere else , asked how God “providentially” governs evolution. I’ve asked:

1. Whether God governs the outcomes of evolution;
2. Whether that governance includes the divine foredetermination ( not merely divine foreknowledge) of all the outcomes of evolution, only some of the outcomes of evolution, or none of the outcomes of evolution.

I have asked this of every TE/EC leader that I’ve been able to personally converse with. None of them will answer.

I am not TE/EC/BioLogos leader, but I am a PS leader. I can answer for myself:

1. Yes, he does govern the outcomes of evolution.

2. He foreordains all that he purposes to foreordain, and does not tell us exactly what that is in most cases. I’m sure He specifies some things, but I am doubtful he specifies everything in every precise detail, because I’m not sure why he would care about every precise detail.

@Eddie

Their usual dodge is that science cannot answer the question. But I have never demanded a scientific answer, only a personal opinion, speaking as a “whole person” not specifically as a scientist.

And there you have it. No dodge from me.

What do you think?