They can't!

I am sorry, but I do not go along with this type of thinking. Colds and the flu and certain other diseases are caused by viruses or bacteria. Yet other diseases are also genetic, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Still others are caused by malnutrition and bad diet. Babies in third world countries drop like flies from simple diarrhea- I highly doubt those babies are sitting around thinking, "I think I'll die of the runs today."

I have never, never felt that we should blame any disease on simple thinking. I think we are getting near to the day when they will prove that all disease is caused by genetics or germs, with or without complicating factors such as diet. Remember when we blamed ulcers on wrong living? Well, many ulcers are caused by a bacteria! Your doctor gives you the proper antibiotic, and voila! You are cured.

Let me add a caveat. Your attitude towards life has a great effect on your immune system! You can shorten a cold simply by being determined to beat it.This can sometimes go as far as thinking your way out of cancer. I do not fully understand how it works; I just know that some people can do it. Your immune system is a funky thing.

This has been proven by the use of placebos. The placebo effect is still being studied, but basically, you are given a pill, and told it will cure you, and your mind believes it, and you are cured. So your thinking does affect disease, but it does not stop your genetic tendency towards certain illnesses. If it did, we could change our eye color by thinking about it. AS I said above, I am glad we haven't heard from parents who carry the Tay-Sachs gene. They would be devastated to learn that their babies die because the parents have all the wrong vibrations. Tay-Sachs is a genetic disease, pure and simple.

Happy debating, Jai

Hi. They have proven through lab experiments that emotions affect the state of your DNA. When someone is feeling the emotions of love their DNA strand is long and relaxed. When someone is feeling anger their DNA becomes contracted and in some chronic cases may even self destruct. This is to illustrate the point that our emotions change the shape of our DNA in turn shaping our whole world. This means that the emotional state of two people is important when reproducing and raising a child. There are mechanical and physical attributes to a dis-ease, but all illness first started as a thought pattern and it takes a little while for the energetic patterns to manifest in the physical body. These ideas are actually comforting to me because I know I have control through my thoughts and emotional state. Really it's the law of attraction at it's finest. Ask your self? Do you accept the fact that you get colds, or do you know that your immune system can squash anything? I also think that when we don't feel our best, we might think oh, I'm getting a cold, and this invites it in. Love, Peace and Blessings.

One consideration that empowers reconciliation and belief in me is the truth that life is in the blood...the physiological, physical, and spiritual etc. do relate and impact one another. Bloodlines carry more than blood and are a peculiar thing when it comes to life issues... Because of 'bloodlines'; The human race is recovering from a profound state of 'jaded' truth; in-other-words, deception...and therein, poor choices and hence, what was once a perfect human existence, became the 'tainted' human condition.

Thankfully, because of the creator, the 'bloodline' that was once 'compromised' through the human condition brought on by deception and poor choice, is now made clear and restored in with and through the love of the creator. The work of the creator is intentionally relational. The creator purposed and provided for the human race to be restored to right relationship among and within ourselves in, with and through the Divine. The completed transforming powerful work of 'restoration' is perfect and perpetual. As human beings, whether we realize it or not, 'this power' is always drawing us back to our original 'higher' form or condition in, with and through the power of truth in love... This 'state' of our existence impacts (positively/negatively) our individual and corporate condition on every level...mentally, emotionally, developmentally, physiologically, psychologically, spiritually, etc. This means that the cause and effect of our compromised condition is inbreed on every level as well in, with and through our human condition.

Your question eludes to the age old question: 'Why does bad things happen to good people?' or in the case of genetics; innocent babies or bystanders? This brings to light both the dark and bright truth of our human existence/condition and reveals that our earth dwelling is inherently compromised because of 'sin' and therein, is also inherently restored. And when I say 'sin' I am not talking about condemnation, I am implying, that we are fallible...we are capable of "missing the mark" and we are capable of compromised,imperfect reproduction, we are capable of believing lies, poor choices, and intentionally and unintentionally hurting ourselves and others because of the cummulative reality of our human existence/condition.

I say genetic diseases are a result of group karma.