Summary
Christian faith had already been challenged by Greek astronomy and by the Copernican revolution. Einstein, however, replaced absolute space and absolute time by ‘spacetime’, which offers openings for a new understanding of God’s nearness: His ‘tangency’ in His transcendence. Further, the ongoing unification of forces in modern physics suggests a transcendent Law of Nature, the ‘practice of everything’. Through this Law, God offers creation rich opportunities for development. The evolution of life shows not only natural evil but, in higher animals, also natural good. Hominization centres on the great step from natural good and evil to human responsibility for good and evil (Genesis 2-3), guided by God’s Inspiration.
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