If God is omnipotent (all powerful) why did he take six days (or six thousand years jw.org) to
crete everything. Why not speak everything into existence all at once?
If God is all powerful why did it take six days
by James Mixon 20 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Finkelstein
Because man created the Genesis account and man knew and preconceived the scale of time
Man also created god(s) mostly out of ignorance and imagination.
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James Mixon
Finkelstein: Yes I agree, this is a tough question for believers. -
SafeAtHome
Why do men always take the long way round of doing things. Maybe he needed directions and wouldn't ask! 😁 -
James Mixon
SafeAtHome; Good one. -
OnTheWayOut
There was no paper and pencil "in the beginning." So God had to do everything in his (figurative) head. There was no way to see what it would turn out like, so he did a few steps at a time and stopped to see what it looked like. You know, like choosing the carpeted floor color and having to look at it before you decide what color walls and drapes to have. Should the carpet and drapes match exactly?
So I can imagine looking up from earth at the vast nothingness and trying to decide how to fill that sky and how to provide warmth for life and food for plants and whether to tie them all together or make them separate.
And it only got harder to decide as he created life. Sometimes, he put eyes all over a creature to see if he liked that, or made the front legs too short (t-rex) or morphed them into wings. Tough calls in each instance. You know, why couldn't birds have 4 or 6 legs along with wings?Unlimited power doesn't mean you know what to do with it. Put a blank canvas in front of an artist and he will spend time staring at nothing, painting over what he painted, yadda yadda.
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James Mixon
What if the Bible said He created the earth and all on it in a blink of a eye.
How God created the earth by computer is funny as hell, maybe that's what happen.
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James Mixon
Jerryh: So the buttonhole is one of the finest innovations in the past 140 million years
of animal evolution. I'am so happy God figured that out before he made human, thanks to
the jelly fish. LOL
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