The condition of your environment dictates the choices (selections). Then time happens and That choice that was made plays out until another set of conditions stands now the process of selection continues to repeat it's self at the same time passing on the information from the previous conditions until the conditions are reasonable enough to be self-sustainable at a cellular level ....it took God 6 days to come up with a blue print for life on earth. He rested on he 7th day and then creation became a process through time at some points developing other characteristics that I believe are still transpiring,(reply>), @S Patrk I believe In the one true living God of the Bible. I believe that he create all that is. I believe in the only begotten son of God that die and is resssuracted on the 3rd day ...i also believe to have a different understanding of the scriptures.. Romans 12:4-8 (KJV)  For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:<br>So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.<br>Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;<br>Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;<br>Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.,(reply>), @S Patrk I just quoted the scripture did you not read what I wrote ....in the first 6 days he created the blueprint of all that was to exist ...after the Sabbath is he caused it to rain and then was able to bring forth life and also form  man from dust,(reply>), @S Patrk that's is what a blue print of something is a configurations a layout,(reply>), @S Patrk he was terraforming the earth in other words making the conditions suitable to sustain life that is why after he rested from the creation of the blue print to life he then cause it to rain, with out water there was no life not even man,(reply>), @IIifixbotsII not blueprint.<br>entire design. of every living thing that ever existed