Interesting post @gavvet. These are questions I have been pondering for a long time, and finally getting some personal understanding of them for myself.
Having been brought up catholic, and then widening my enquiry over the years, I have found some correlations from other philosophies and science that support the idea of the creation.
I have found the Gnostic story of Gaia Sophia's fall from the Pleroma, ( creational center of the universe, which could also be a metaphor for the Garden of Eden) was due to her "attachment" to what she had created, ie she was drawn to tasting the fruit of creation,( tasting the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, ie judgement) and the lesson from that is for us not to be attached to (judge) our creations or outcomes we desire.
In buddhism the aim is non-attachment, and christ's lesson of giving up his life on the cross, was similar a example, giving up his desire ( attachment)for life in the service of others.
Eve's wanting to partake of the Tree of Good and Evil, suggests that by, knowing of the choice of, or judging what is good and bad, she then does not allow the divine flow to take its course, in which there is no good and bad in the Garden of Eden..
The 7 days and 6 nights, as a metaphor for the timing of creation, has been investigated by Dr Carl Calleman, in his 40 years of studies of the Mayan cosmology, and he certainly supports the idea of a Purposeful Universe, ie there is a Divine Plan, as do lots of others.
By naming the designer as "God", then this puts us in the position of trying to get our head around, who or what is God ?.. and could limit our perception of this word .. unfathomable ?... unknowable ? .. infinite ?.. unnameable ? or limited, by it being my God, who is different to your god, and that other fella's God .. all these uses of the word are limited to an idea, for something that cannot be named..
I am interested in the work of Teilhard de Chardin, a priest, whose philosophies were developed as a stretcher bearer in the First World War, witnessing the carnage of death in the trenches as the shells came down. And finding his God in that place. he was also a Paleontologist, ( someone who studies fossils to understand evolution).
The church tried to stop him sharing his idea's by sending him to outback China. However in doing so, he continued his research in Paleontology (someone who studies fossils )and discovered Peking Man, an ancient example of a pre-homosapiens.
This it actually supported his idea's of a divine evolution.
As we are all expressions of Divine Evolution, our choices are important to how it all turns out..
As I am not a writer and new at this, I have been trying to get these musings down in separate posts, to allow discussion but am still learning how to use steemit. So I took the opportunity to respond to your posts to get me started, so I thank you for that.
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Common archetypal themes point to common origins and universal principals.
I'm an amateur Paleontologist
Fossils, in my mind, are another "breadcrumb trail" that God has left us to explore and expand our understanding of his handiwork.
As do all his works, fossils and the evolutionary processes they reveal "declare His glory"
The earlier posts in this series discus these ideas in more detail.
Thanks @gavvet. Yes, I agree, I think there are many breadcrumbs for us to follow. Such as my following the breadcrumbs and coming across your post. Appreciated. ))