Is it true that an ancient author was moved directly by God to write, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son?”7 If so, then why on Earth during the 14th century, when the Black Plague was killing a quarter of the population between India and Iceland, didn’t God whisper in a few ears, “It’s the fleas!” That piece of information, planted in a few thousand minds, could have reduced human agony significantly.
