DNA Proves Existence of a Designer

[LadyForCamus]

Thanks for opening up to us!  I’m very happy that your dad was able to overcome the odds against him, and make a full recovery.  Recoveries and remissions against the odds are indeed rare, though not unheard of.  I have some follow-up questions for you pertaining to miraculous healings, but you said your story wasn’t finished yet, so I’ll let you proceed before I start butting in. 😁

Feel free to ask questions. That's kinda why I stopped so I didn't get ahead of anything and having to try to explain multiple things at the same time.

Okay, so I have two follow-up questions.  I’m assuming for my inquiry that you agree that rare medical phenomena occur that are unrelated to god.  If you don’t agree, please do correct me:

1. If rare medical phenomena occur that are unrelated to god (cancers going into remission, people coming out of comas against the odds, etc.), by what method can we distinguish between rare recoveries with natural causes, and miraculous recoveries caused by god?

2. If a Christian and a Muslim can both use miraculous healings as evidence for god, yet conclude mutually exclusive gods, what do you think that means about the reliability of that method?

As far as my dad healing, it goes a little beyond that.  My dad did not adhere to any belief is God.  Of course my mom was grieved because she did.  She married someone, their views weren't the same, and that same person she was genuinely concerned for was about to die.  I think kids can sometimes be the best observationists.  At that age and you experience something and you remember it without a lot of the extra biases, because we're still in a relative stage of innocence with how we see and determine life for us.  Just the impact alone the concern it was having on her was a lot, but to know I could very well lose my dad, and that he's far away in another state getting treatment was difficult.

That’s terrifying. Both my parents are still healthy as horses. I can’t imagine even having to think or worry about such a thing as a child.  I’m sorry you and your mom had to go through that. As a parent it makes me so sad to know children have to suffer those kinds of losses. It seems unfair somehow.  I’m glad your dad is okay though.  

On that alone, it makes sense for me to ask not only "how?" but "why? "  I didn't adhere to any specific belief in God at that point, but it was part of the process.

I agree with you that it seems intuitive, especially at a young age, to ask those questions under such circumstances, though I think it’s important to consider all possible answers. To me, one possible answer is, ‘it just happened’, though I understand why that’s not necessarily a satisfying one for many people.