Goodman John
Active Member
Taking a page from the Manichaeans and Gnostics, I think the physical realm (the universe as we know it) was created following a cataclysmic battle in the spiritual realm between God and Satan. In his defeat, Satan created the physical realm in which to escape God for a time. By 'create' I don't mean 'creation as in the Book of Genesis, but creation most likely the Big Bang. Remember we're talking about spiritual beings and for them time essentially doesn't exist, so it's entirely likely that we're looking at billions of years of evolution and not *poof* here's a bunch of animals and people.
Along with Evolution, it's my position that Satan- as the creator of this world- had to monkey around with what would eventually become Man in order to make him 'work'. Buy this, I mean placing souls in those bodies. Early Man had no clue what was up, but after thousands of years he started to figure things out.
So sure, I'm all for the Big Bang- and I'm all for Evolution. But at the time I look for the CAUSE of these, and I see an extra cook in the kitchen, and that extra cook is in a sense a Creator.
Along with Evolution, it's my position that Satan- as the creator of this world- had to monkey around with what would eventually become Man in order to make him 'work'. Buy this, I mean placing souls in those bodies. Early Man had no clue what was up, but after thousands of years he started to figure things out.
So sure, I'm all for the Big Bang- and I'm all for Evolution. But at the time I look for the CAUSE of these, and I see an extra cook in the kitchen, and that extra cook is in a sense a Creator.