Yes, another dumb, deceptive, biased "Awake" magazine.
On the subjects of health and aging, the Awake is becoming
more and more desperate. Science is threatening to create miracles
that would make the Watchtower message irrelevant and obsolete.
The gnarled old theocrats can't stand that!
Here's some silly quotes:
"... not everyone is convinced that gene therapy offers the "silver
bullet" cure of the future. Indeed, according to surveys, people
may not even want to have their genetic makeup analyzed"
If genetic therapy proves successful, the FEAR of knowing what's
wrong with your genetic makeup would go away because cures would
then exist for whatever defect was found!
The Awake (pg. 8) laments a perceived cycle of enthusiasm and
disappointment over promised cures. Nonetheless, cures for
countless diseases plainly exist, no matter what false starts
took place. Maybe we should respect an authority like the
Watchtower Society when it warns about cycles of enthusiasm
and disappointment since they've been experts on doing exactly
that for 120 years.
As to living to be 100, the Awake quotes "How and Why We Age"
as saying "These centenarians would not be immortal. But what
would they die from? They would simply become weaker and weaker
until death occurred".
This kind of dated quote galls me. Take a good look at the
anti-aging research and you will quickly see that "weaker and
weaker" is NOT where the research is leading. By preventing
or reversing the aging process, vibrant life is a reasonable goal.
(New England Journal of Medicine July 5, 1990 see also Grow Young
With HGH by Dr. Ronald Klatz).
And as to the latest breakthrough....
Reuters News announced that scientists used a new genetic therapy
to reverse a form of blindness in dogs. (Human tests will follow).
Some of the researchers were ecstatic about it. "Genetic medicine
is now making things we could only dream of -- a reality."
I love it that events are moving so quickly that WTS propaganda
is almost obsolete by the time it gets received in the mail.
metatron