The evidence tells us that they will do us in. The evidence says good guys and good gals come in second, fourth or last. And yet the gospel of Mary tells us to trust God in spite of the evidence. Her son Jesus tells us to love our neighbors, care for those who use us, hope for peace in the middle of war, believe that the good in people outweighs the negative, even when we cannot see it. Although this is contrary to all the evidence surrounding us, it is where the incarnation is born.
Faith is life lived contrary to the evidence.
His way is beyond all understanding, beyond all proof-free, and with a mind of its own. Each of us in a way is Mary, male and female. Each of us bears Jesus inside ourselves. We are pregnant with the Lord. He comes out of us in what we say and in what we do.