within a judeo-christian framework, there is no problem.
god is infinite.
evolution a process within time.
the first register is not in any way negated by the characteristics of the second.
augustine said in the confessions (bk 11) that god had set time into motion, but was not within the time that was set into motion.
same logic.
another way: the tension/contradiction between infinite and finite is at the source of much of the paradox(es) of the incarnation (jesus).
to the extent that there is a problem with this, it arises for those variants of protestantism that choose to read the bible "literally"...whatever that really means...personally, i figure that these folk develop one-dimensional readings of an extremely complex, heterodox text and so create the problems for themselves that they attribute to the notion of evolution.
so there is no problem.
not to worry.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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