Two "Magic Wand" quotes

"When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so," Francis told the gathering, where he also dedicated a statue of his predecessor, Benedict XVI. God, Francis said, "created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment."

npr : Pope Says God Not 'A Magician, With A Magic Wand'
October 28, 2014, 11:18 AM : ET : SCOTT NEUMAN
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/10/28/359564982/pope-says-god-not-a-magician-with-a-magic-wand?t=1579003761279

"with a magic wand able to do everything"

What exactly has "magic wand" to do here?

Is / was he implying the normal word for word belief in Genesis 1 implies God "studied magic" under some higher and more powerful "energy"?

This may be how it may strike a non-believer of some types of Pantheistic belief systems, or Taoism, perhaps Kabbalism of certain types (Lurian?) and so on. A Buddhist reader might get this kind of concept from interpreting Genesis 1.

But this is not what the normal literal believer in Genesis means by God being able to do everything. Rather, God has this ability in and of Himself. Rather than drawing on the "Universe" as a source of "energy", He is Himself the source of the Universe. He therefore is able to do anything with the Universe He wants to do, precisely as a writer is able to do anything in a novel. Supposing Tolkien wanted to write a fantasy novel, no necessity in his mastery of words, pens, ink and paper forces him to write a realistic novel instead. And supposing God wanted to set the story started without wasting too many millions of years on the setting and also to include later on miracles in the story of our Universe which He created from nothing, He could and can do that too.

Putting in the "magic wand" is just an unnecessary and obfuscating piece of ridicule.

Now, here is another quote:

Well, it was the story we all learned in grammar school: Colorado river over tens of millions of years cut the Grand Canyon. Most geologists have jettisoned that idea. You can't imagine a canyon enduring that long with erosion. Time is not a magic wand that solves the geologic problems of the world.

Around 1:53 left of the video (2:08 - 1:48):

Is Genesis History
· October 22, 2019 ·
https://www.facebook.com/isgenesishistory/videos/p.2414750065435223/2414750065435223/?type=2&theater

I'll have to ask Del Tacket which scientist was saying this. But between Antipope Bergoglio and Del Tacket - give me Del Tacket for my money. If I had any ...

Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
St. Hilary of Poitiers
14.I.2020

Now, St. Hilary of Poitiers actually died on a 13.I - why do we feast him today?

I presume, because 13.I is Octave of Epiphany and as such the last day of Christmas, traditionally./HGL

Btw, take a look at this article or hear this podcast on the matter:

https://creation.com/a-remarkable-witness-to-creation-satan

https://creation.com/media-center/podcast/remarkable-witness-to-creation-satan

I think the "Pope" gave Satan a chuckle ... a "Catholic Pope" less good theologian than he?/HGL