As far as the evangelicals and almost all other religious people, the more I've learned about the Bible, the more I've realized that the vast majority of their religious thinking comes from reading things in to the Bible, rather than reading out of it.
This is to say that they basically just make a lot of stuff up to suit what they already thought. That doesn't make it wrong, it just means it has little basis. Of course, that's not just religious people but the same goes for all people all the time.
In other words, in this instance I would say they just got carried about with something that they would like to be true, but has little evidentiary basis. Was he anointed? No, and no one has ever presented evidence to that effect.
Was he "chosen" by cloaked forces that have yet to publicly reveal themselves, but which evidence may indicate? Well, that is quite another subject entirely.
Final note: I really like Adam Green and think he has done some vital work. But on the flip side, he really seems to force a lot of evidence to fit his existing theories. I've never seen him say something like, "I came across this thing that proves I was wrong about what I said before." Frankly, I can't even imagine him doing that.
As far as the evangelicals and almost all other religious people, the more I've learned about the Bible, the more I've realized that the vast majority of their religious thinking comes from reading things in to the Bible, rather than reading out of it.
This is to say that they basically just make a lot of stuff up to suit what they already thought. That doesn't make it wrong, it just means it has little basis. Of course, that's not just religious people but the same goes for all people all the time.
In other words, in this instance I would say they just got carried about with something that they would like to be true, but has little evidentiary basis. Was he anointed? No, and no one has ever presented evidence to that effect.
Was he "chosen" by cloaked forces that have yet to publicly reveal themselves, but which evidence may indicate? Well, that is quite another subject entirely.
Final note: I really like Adam Green and think he has done some vital work. But on the flip side, he really seems to force a lot of evidence to fit his existing theories. I've never seen him say something like, "I came across this thing that proves I was wrong about what I said before." Frankly, I can't even imagine him doing that.
And yes, people add their own wanted beliefs into this stuff
Confirmation bias.