RAZD: So your god is omnipotent, omnipresent, all powerful, all knowing, etc etc, ... except when he isn't?

Jeanie: ???? I didn't say or at least mean that. Just saying he isn't controlling every cellular function going on at all times...including babies born with defects. Not that He couldn't.

RAZD: Curiously the life expectancy of people is still increasing in "advanced" nations (ones that use modern medicine, not superstitions, for health).

Jeanie: It doesn't mean they're healthier just cause they live longer. We're on more and more drugs... Sure we have ways to prolong life, but in some cases it certainly doesn't increase the quality of life.

RAZD: Curiously bacteria are adapting to use chemical pollution.

Jeanie: Sure, and becoming resistant to our antibiotics.

RAZD: and evolution will continue to occur. Selection will tell whether humans continue to be part of the picture, or they are replaced by some less "toxic" and self-centered type of organism.

Jeanie: We'll continue...but things are going to be different. We're screwing our own earth up through our own arrogance.... But God knew all this would happen. We have variations on beliefs, but most Christians (including Mormons) believe things will be changing pretty drastically in the near future due to coming events which have been foretold. It is all good, but will get worse before better.