Why YEC are so dogmatic

Well, you will have seen enough of my comments about our Father’s providence to recognize that is a loaded question and not a yes or no answer even if you are blunt, depending on whether you are looking at it from the VFB, science, of the VFA, theology and ‘philosophy’. We do not talk about providence in science because @St.Roymond has not even provided a proof of concept or prototype divine-o-meter to use for even the most rudimentary scientific experiment.

I was just being thankful for God’s providence in storms as I was admiring the beautiful sky while walking down our lane to the county road to get the mail. If it weren’t for storms he sends (or allows, if you prefer), we would not appreciate fair weather as much as we do (or should).

The answer to your question also depends on the separation of church and state, to use a metaphor for the separation of the VFA and the VFB. Since you are routinely conflating them, there apparently is no answer you can accept.

You’ve seen this a few times, and it answers your question whether you recognize it or not:

…the most common mutations, transitions, are not really ‘copying errors,’ because the keto-enol transition of the base is driving them and the polymerase is working correctly. So if you’d like, that can be seen as providence more than chance. - John Mercer, molecular biologist

He addresses the VFB in the first sentence and the VFA in the second, and the author of Proverbs does both in one sentence, the first and second clauses respectively:

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
Proverbs 16:33

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