Opus 2024-440: Dark Thoughts: Creation Strikes Again

I think of the logic question usually advanced by people who are interested in gotcha, “Could God, make a square circle?”  What we overlook on this is that God does not seem to have been interested in making a perfect circle.  When you look at something like a planet, which we think of is a globe it’s not really a perfect globe.  They tell me it’s more like a pear.  Stars are constantly sending out streams of plasma.  It’s almost like the creative nature of God refuses to be confined to standard recognized shapes.  Aside from the point that the God who established logic would not flout it, I don’t think He would care to try.

I was looking at the trees.  I’ve heard that no two snowflakes are the same.  How much more so that is true for trees.  The laws of physics always seem to have a deeper level.  Chemistry is the same.  The basic building blocks are assumed to be the same but the results always vary.  What does this tell us about the nature of God”

God created the world.  We have the Genesis account.  God knew what He wanted written and the Holy Spirit was managing editor.  I think that perhaps the seven days of creation were presented in such a way so that we would continue to argue about them forever.  That way we would not get too complacent, and to set in our ways.  God wants us to exercise or minds.  That way we are challenged to constantly flex and expand our understanding not only of our universe but of Him.  Theology can help us to understand.  It can also limit our understanding by insisting on putting things in boxes that won’t contain them.  Keep trying, but don’t get too upset that the concepts of God keep busting out.

It may be silly, but as I was looking around and thinking about things to be thankful for I noticed how the branches of the tree were outlined even in the dark.  I couldn’t see the leaves, but I imagined each of them being totally unique.  Yes, they had many things in common.  They might even look the same to the casual observer.  But in His creative genius, God allowed each of them to develop in their own way.  How much more is that true for those of us that are created in His image?

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