[bondserv]

Especially why a designer postulated to be omniscient and omnipotent would choose to do so.

I am getting tired of repeating this.

CURSE/SIN/WAXING OLD/DEATH/EROSION/WEAKENING/DEGRADING/DE-EVOLVING

[Ichneumon]

I am getting tired of repeating this.

Then feel free to stop repeating it.

CURSE/SIN/WAXING OLD/DEATH/EROSION/WEAKENING/DEGRADING/DE-EVOLVING

This fails to have any explanatory power.

For example, if "DEGRADING/ETC." only began at the time of the Fall, which if it occurred would (obviously) be sometime after mankind had existed, then it fails to explain those many, many genetic "degradations" which are configured exactly as one would expect if they had arisen in a common ancestor prior to man first arriving on the scene.

For example, you are invited to explain how you feel that "DEGRADING/ETC." explains the pattern of shared endogenous retroviruses in man and other species, as well as the pattern of pseudogene mutations and so on. Contrast your answer to the manner in which evolution theory consistently explains such observations. For a concrete example you may wish to tackle, try my posts #1969 and #1986.