Abba, Father, I …

Science is a wonderful thing.

No one can argue with some of the great advances in life we have attained, thanks to the application of scientific knowledge.

I am sure you are aware that the field of genetics and its applications is bound to continue changing people’s lives in ways no one can predict. But let us consider a few behaviors so far found to be genes related. Here are a few behaviors that we are informed the genes predisposes someone to:

• Alcohol addiction.
• Anger.
• Thrill seeking or T-Type ness.
• Kleptomania.

You do not need to be a gene scientist to realize that soon, we will all “know” that the following behaviors are genetically influenced:

• Tendency towards homosexuality
• Lying
• Promiscuity and adultery
• Theft and greed
• Hate and Murder

In other words, one can certainly find a gene that influences any given behavior a person involves themselves in.

Soon, it should be possible for genetize any sin.

Finding such a offending gene and connecting it to a behavior of interest is not as difficult as you might imagine. Ask anyone doing research in genetics.

Science does not lie

Science has given us so much. Look around you. See all the wonders?  Medicine. Technology. Engineering. Where would be we be without the help of science? Since science has been our eyes, helping us navigate the complex world of both the seen and the unseen, we have been trained to believe that as long as science says something is ( i.e. scientifically proven) then it is.

Science cannot lie, we are programmed to think.

Now the hard part. If science has been so faithful to us and it cannot lie, how do you reconcile the above claims with the claims of the Bible?

What does the Lord say about how we should behave in this life?

Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? ⁷ If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.” ( Genesis 4:6,7 NIV)

In other words, you may have a predisposition to sin, but you do not have to.

And, here is a list of a few other natural things you will be predisposed to:

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; ²⁰idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions ²¹and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. (Galatians 5 19-21 NIV)

Should you then obey your impulses?
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