The scriptural evidence argues otherwise.1. The birth of Jesus was announced by angels to the shepherds who not only visited Him but also talked about their experiences.2. Before His birth there was the pre-evidence of Zacharias, Elizabeth, and Mary herself from her experience and visit to Elizabeth.3. The Magi declared their finding to Herod who cross-referenced it with the Jewish scriptures, but tried to eliminate Jesus.4. His birth was not a secret. Yet it was a mystery of Godliness against the mystery of ungodliness that is also at work in...
Does Evolution have a mind of its own? Does it decide?
Ever since Darwin, there is a tendency to ground human behavior (regardless of the ethical question) on some numinous mind or intent of evolution itself. One of the most popular is the gene or species survival argument that tries to explain several acts like adultery/promiscuity and even murder and suicide as grounded in evolution's intent to make more gene copies or ensure species survival, thus attempting to deterministically ground human behaviors in some underlying, unconscious (collective) force, principle or "archetype". Thus, the responsibility...
