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   From: jnhickling@ntlworld.com   
      
   "Robert Marshall"  wrote in message news:   
   >You could also try asking the usenet *religion clown if God knows the   
   >date of our death and, if so, why treating serious diseases isn't also   
   >potentially defying God.   
      
   I would agree, and  have previously  stated in time past,  [as I believe   
   Robert knows ] if such a thing happens, then I would pray to have the   
   courage to  accept  whatever is expected of me.   
      
   "25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up   
   your life for my sake, you will save it."   
   Matt 16:25 (NLT)   
      
   Something every devoted Christian must always consider, which is why I   
   refrain from supporting Cancer research,  etc, etc.   
      
   For God has designed Cancer to kill one third of us, and many more with   
   other death producing diseases, so to give money towards a 'cure' would   
   indeed be "potentially defying God."   
      
   It's a hard subject, but sooner or later for  many Christians who do not   
   mercifully  'drop dead' it has to be faced.   
      
   But we have Almighty God's wonderful promise and consolation.   
   "God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can   
   stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can   
   endure."   
   1 Cor 10:13 (NLT)   
      
   Jeff...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)