Some replies suggest to me that several of you assume or suspect that I was espousing the "God-guided" evolutionary hypothesis.

Fine. But don't grace the thing by calling it a hypothesis. That word needs to be preserved for things that fall inside the realms of rationality. It's merely a wacky notion without any foundation. Which doesn't mean it might not be true, of course.

Hellooo, did I hear someone mention that video again? :-)