Closing the Portal to Disease & Death
Reader beware, this article is going to be offensive to some. It argues superior medicine is scaffolded by a Christian worldview. That does not mean that Christians are superior. The Bible makes clear that Christians are helpless wretches, miraculously transformed by God's power. We are not intrinsically superior. It does mean that our God is like no other; He is superior. The Portal to Disease and Death In order to fully understand disease and death, we have to revisit the first humans. God put the first man and woman in a perfect garden, with perfect bodies, and perfect consciences. They were the beloved children of God and regularly fellowshipped with him. He cherished them above everything else that he created, giving them his own image. He gave them one rule: Do. Not. Eat. That. Fruit. (of the knowledge of good and evil). Death was promised to them if they disobeyed. One frightful day, a serpent entered the garden and lied, claiming that God was holding out on them. They fell...
