The Tension of God's Involvement/Intervention within Theistic Evolution

[mitchellmckain (Scientist and Christian)]

@Theangeloffury

1. God set up all the right conditions in order for life to develop so after intial creation state (Big Bang), there was no further needed intervention until humanity came on the scene.
2. God set up the conditions for the Big Bang, but at various points, God “intervened” with creation to produce the effects he intended, the advent of humanity as one possible desired effect.

I think there is a third option. God created for relationship and thus the rules (natural law) allows for God’s participation in events. However, relationship is not control, and participation is not intervention. IOW natural law is never set aside but natural law is not a causally closed system.

Accordingly your objections to options 1 and 2 do not apply to this third option. God is involved and that involvement is part of the original design.

@Theangeloffury

I’m aware of arguments as God being the sustainer of the universe

This is an argument to which I am opposed and I see no functional distinction from pantheism. It raises the question of whether God is unwilling or incapable of real creation – creating something that can stand on its own. And neither of these look viable to me – neither of these are a God which I can admire, neither are an authentic relationship.