Originally posted by arrow flynn:
you know that all the plants and animals were put here for our use by god.you must know in your heart that prayer alone does not cure.
Wow! I strive to respect every man's belief, but having been here, what seems like a long time, I've seen too many hopeless cases of medical ills that have seen amazing reversals, where faith was the major factor and doctors had given up.
While I find it particularly hard, being a fallible human, to live all that is in the Bible, I do believe that one must accept it ALL, or risk it all. There were plants in the Bible that God asked Adam and Eve not to eat, but they refused.
In our Fallen World since, I have to bemuse things like disease carrying ticks, mosquitoes,etc... but then they were not always bearers of disease, only thru the conveyances of man.
Grandma used to sit and quietly sing a hymn, "This world, this world is not my home, ...not my resting place".
I'd like Good Things to happen only to Good People, but accept THIS is not our final home.
I wish you well. I cannot and will not judge anyone's beliefs, since all you've seen and gone thru, the personal horror and watching it played out among your offspring, has to take any man to the brink! I do not know I could endure as well as you have!
In the end,
God belief is between each man and our Maker. May your chosen path of healing be such that it not only cures you, but your children and children's children of all genetic malaise that may have resulted from your exposure to Agent Orange---and brings you peace.
Peace brother, and Merry Christmas