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University of Chicago Professor, and aggressive proponent of evolution, Jerry A. Coyne writes in a recent USA Today article, “what neurobiology is telling us: Our brains are simply meat computers that, like real computers, are programmed by our genes and experiences to convert an array of inputs into a predetermined output.” This is simply the necessary outworking of evolution, he argues.
He’s right about that. If evolution is true then there is no free will. And if there is no free will doesn’t that raise a lot of questions about moral responsibility? Coyne admits that it does: “If we can’t really choose how we behave, how can we judge people as moral or immoral? Why punish criminals or reward do-gooders? Why hold anyone responsible for their actions if those actions aren’t freely chosen?” Coyne argues that we should still punish criminals in order to create environmental conditions that will discourage bad behavior in others, but certainly there is no moral responsibility.
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Following the birth of Jesus wise men—“magi”—came from east to find the king of the Jews. They told Herod, himself the titular king of the Jews, “we saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him.” (Matthew 2:1-2)
We know Herod would eventually have all male children two years and younger in Bethlehem and the surrounding region slain. The parents and Child had fled to Egypt, but Herod showed he would accept no challenge to his kingship.
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