>> So, in the beginning, god creates heaven and earth and this and that. Then he gets tired or bored and rests. In his creating, did he put things in motion which makes evolution true? Which, I guess would mean that for quite a long time he's just sat there and watched things evolve?
That's certainly possible. The number of "miracles" required to bring about life, the universe, and everything goes down year by year as we come to understand how powerful natural forces are at creating things. You can look at a crystal to see how incredibly beautiful and complex things can self-organize, and it's not hard to imagine it on a larger scale. Even before looking into the evidence that shows this is exactly what happened.
If there is a god that kicked it all off, it would certainly appear to me he's taken a hands-off approach to it since then. Of course, when you start an ant farm, you're not concerned about every little ant, your interest lies at a higher level. If you've started a whole freakin' universe, how concerned could you be with one little galaxy, let alone a single person on one of its billions of planets?
The god you've described -- while perhaps not as compelling as a Jesus or an Allah -- would be much easier to believe in, and would require less mental gymnastics.
In my opinion, of course.
Dave
