delineate the features we’d expect to see in the record of nature—God’s fingerprints—if the creation model has validity. The biblical text inspires the creation model’s tenets and constrains the overall model. However, within these constraints, the model finds considerable freedom for adjustments and fine-tuning as scientists and theologians make new discoveries. The RTB creation model for the origin of life comes primarily from Genesis 1:2, Psalm 104:5–6, and Deuteronomy 32:10–11.2 Based on these