Posted by elan [elan] on March 29, 1999 at 19:45:30 {7nb3mCfGvUQkzICNMLSsDX4jjl9J.w}:
In Reply to: *End times posted by Sincere on March 29, 1999 at 04:42:29:
An example of technological advance: they are already treating people suffering from coronary artery disease with fibroblast growth factor. They inject this substance into the cardiac muscle and after a few weeks, new arteries form!, branch and connect to existing blood vessels and they carry blood, the are fully functional; no side effects. Another: brain cells exposed to growth factors (the ones present during embryo development), can differentiate and proliferate into new ones. Also imagine the harvesting of human organs from animals (soon to come). Clearly, humans are able to regenerate, recreate tissue, for example using substances expressed during embryonic development. Thus, it is undeniable, I repeat undeniable, that humans are already tackling one the aspects of human suffering (disease, degeneration), they are fulfilling by themselves one of the promises made by God through the prophets. And the potential to achieve more is -honestly- real. Then, the end must be coming very soon, so soon, before God's purposes are affected (isn't it that to solve the problem of human suffering in any of its aspects is God's only prerogative?). There is not coming out of this (and believers should increase their awareness of keeping spiritually awake). Unless the interpretation of the meaning of the Kingdom of God is changed (another disappointment).
Elan