That is what I had intended to say, but then I logged on and found that John has said waht I had been thnking, but better still. I don’t want to use the word “evolution” (because of obvious connotations), but I do see a growth or unfolding.

And, John, another point of agreement: I don’t see that there is any human-centered perfection to attain, just layers within layers, so to speak

However, when you put into words what some objectors might say when they claim that “Man is the first imperfect creature to exist in the universe.”

To that, I have to say their focus is way way too narrow. Granted, we humans aren’t yet perfect, but I view it as a GROWING perfection, a learning process, not perfect from the start. It’s like the little kid pushed off on his first bike ride by a parent. There may be some skinned knees, but then that little kid will have expanded his repertoire by learning bike-riding. Similarly, as we learn to live more perfectly, we are expanding the creation that God set into motion.

(Gosh! What put that BEE in my bonnet?!?)