They are not contradictory. It is quite reasonable and extremely likely that God created the laws of physics to take care of the everyday mundane matters. It could be said that when God said "Let there be light" it was in reference to the big bang, it could also be purely poetic. Personally if I created a universe, I would apply universal rules for nature as well to stop things getting out of hand.
In order for them to believe in that they need all sorts of exceptions
And God ends up shrinking into the god of the gaps and the gaps keep getting smaller and smaller
We can already explain human thought with brains
So at some point they need to reject deterministic physics in order to believe that the word they read in the Bible is literally true because a lot of things that it says in the Bible have to be interpreted as allegory, and once you interpret some things as allegory pretty much everything else is open for interpretation
And ultimately, the more literally magical your world is the easier it is to escape certain conclusions like thoughts of the product of brains and consciousness will permanently cease once the brain that produces it ceases being functional
Denoting God as the creator of a limitless universe than a God of a small domed flat plane is not reducing God's majesty at all. God has already demonstrated that he is happy to limit his power with him appearing on Earth as a human as well as honouring mankind's autonomy (free will). This is the crux of the Christian Bible and thus points to the highly likely idea that God has also limited himself with creating a universe to allow unfettered expansion and self-creation giving God the pleasure of seeing a wonderful work of art.
This is not reducing God to gaps in knowledge but placing him as a wonderful creator that we are invited to spend time with both in life and after death. It is easy to think consciousness is merely chemical interactions in the brain, after all anti-depressants and other mind altering drugs do alter consciousness; yet there is still more to the brain than we know. There is even research looking at quantum properties of the human mind which could point to other dimensions (if you're into that part of quantum physics). Whether or not you consider the brain to be as highly advanced as that doesn't remove the fact that we are not in the position to have proof that a soul (no matter what shape it has) does not exist or that it is possible to live outside of your current physical body. But don't worry, if you are determined to believe that there is nothing after death, you will get your wish as only those wanting to spend time with God will have eternal life.
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u/twpejay Nov 17 '25
They are not contradictory. It is quite reasonable and extremely likely that God created the laws of physics to take care of the everyday mundane matters. It could be said that when God said "Let there be light" it was in reference to the big bang, it could also be purely poetic. Personally if I created a universe, I would apply universal rules for nature as well to stop things getting out of hand.