The history of humanity is in many ways defined by our struggle with microorganisms – to adapt to pathogens that are constantly adapting, themselves, and are inescapably part of our world.

The pre-columbian populations of North and South America, for example, were almost wiped out by microorganisms European explorers and colonizers had evolved resistance to.

Was that God's judgment? Was he sending a message to the indigenous people of the Americas? Or was it part of the endless cycle of struggle and adaptation that define creation?

Pandemics are nothing new to the human experience. They're inevitable, part of how the world works. Microorganisms constantly adapt to reproduce more efficiently through animal vectors. Animals constantly adopt to fend off the threat.

I don't know how Driscoll pretends to read meaning into that, but his conclusions don't display any kind of coherence, let alone grasp of history or basic epidemiology.

I guess we could just accept his claim to be a prophet who has a direct pipeline to the divine, but ... I sure don't see any compelling reasons to believe that.