God, Kevin Kelly and the myth of choices

I suspect it's accurate to say that Kevin Kelly's deep Christian faith makes him something of an outlier among the Bay Area tech set. It also adds some interesting layers and twists to his often brilliant thinking about technology, requiring him to wrestle with ambiguities and tensions that most in his cohort are blind to. In a new interview with Christianity Today, Kelly explains the essence of what the magazine refers to as his "geek theology": We are here to surprise God. God could make everything, but instead he says, "I bestow upon you the gift of free will so that you can participate in making this world. I could make everything, but I am going to give you some spark of my genius. Surprise me with something truly good and beautiful." So we invent things, and God says, "Oh my gosh, that was so cool! I could have thought of that, but they thought of that instead." I confess I have a little trouble imagining God saying something like "Oh my gosh, that was so cool!" It makes me think that Kelly's God must look like Jeff Spicoli: But beyond the curious lingo, Kelly's attempt to square Christianity with...