Oh, the above was the wisdom of a 6 year old boy. Technically
   speaking, it's a Calvinist theology - a kind of predestination
   but it has God as an active being that is living in the same
   time stream as you and I and makes decisions affecting both
   individuals and galaxies at the same time. He raised up his arms
   like he was being controlled by a puppeteer, but then waved his
   hands across them and said, "...but you can't see the strings -
   they're invisible - and you can pass right through them - but
   they're there..." It's a sound theology, as good as any
   explanation of the nature of things that I've heard of to date.
   "