"I was born knowing that I had to be a painter, because my father, an art historian, always presented painting as the only acceptable thing in life."

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Hence, at the moment of the creation of the universe, God could also have activated evolution, with full knowledge of how it would turn out, perhaps even including our having this conversation. The idea that he could both foresee the future and also give us spirit and free will to carry out our own desires becomes entirely acceptable.

— Richard Dawkins