Quarter 3- Journal 12: God and Genetics

Can they coexist? Personally, I think so. There are definitely some conflicts in order for it to work, but they can coexist. To start, the Bible states that God created every individual based on his own image of them, whereas, genetics state that you are half of your mother and half of your father in all things genetic. I think these two facts can coexist because there are also environmental factors that can affect one's being as well. If God can control those, than he can control a lot of who anyone is as a person, and therefore shift them into his own image. Also, there is the other belief, which states that God is not omnipotent. If God is not all powerful, than he couldn't make everyone in his own image anyway, so it doesn't really conflict with genetics in that manner. However, if we claim that God controls the environmental factors around you, to shift who you are into his own image, than that brings up the argument about predestination. Are we placed on this earth to fulfill our own will, or live the life of someone already completely mapped out? I, personally, don't like the feeling of not having control over what I do, because I hate being controlled by anyone. But just because I dislike being controlled doesn't necessarily mean that I believe that everyone has free will. I'm not entirely sure, but I think that we have free will, but at the same time, a lot of things happen for a reason. I'm not entirely sure how to explain that, but it's what I believe. Then again, I've always considered my beliefs to be rather unique.