Predisposed to Die

Recent evidence that science obtained indicate that God may have placed in nature a biological clock when would certain people die and from what. But so far the indications are mere snipets that science managed to take a look. Science still have much work to do to keep up with the mysterious knowledge that God placed in all creations.

OF COURSE, eventually we all die. English metaphysical poet and Anglican priest John Donne said: “God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man’s grave is his Sabbath.”

But certain genetic makeup predisposes people to die in certain diseases. In a way of speaking, our genes can set us up to die from certain diseases. Believe it or not, it is a plausible way that nature can preset human death through the genes.

Five researchers from the University of Utah, School of Medicine, confirmed this in a study... [READ MORE]

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Deadly X-Gene Mutants

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