[YHAOS]

"He thought that God setting up all these intricate, interrelated laws of physics to make things happen as they did was even more incredible than simply creating something."

And, of course, he had a thorough grasp of everything involved in "simply creating something."

[antiRepublicrat]

And, of course, he had a thorough grasp of everything involved in "simply creating something."

From a theological point of view creation is a simplistic, primitive event. Most cultures have some type of fairly simple ancient creation myth. But the idea of a god who would just put everything in motion billions of years ago and have it result in this using complex interacting laws was to him far more glorifying.