for maximum efficiency in any gene pool, you must have a LOT of genes/types, ect. because that allows for the greatest genetic variation, and thus the greatest potential for evolution/useful change. read more
Every effect has a cause and every cause has an effect. If being sick is an effect, it must have a cause. So me must study the cause, of sickness, or causes. There could be many causes, from physical (eg improper hygiene), physiological (eg prolonged stress/ anger), biological/ genetic etc. Sickness or disease is absence of well being. read more
Sickness can be a means of God's loving discipline. It is difficult for us to comprehend why God would work in this manner. But, believing in the sovereignty of God, there is no other option than suffering being something God allows and/or causes. read more
Infectious diseases once were the main cause of death worldwide,"but around 1950 or so, there was a moment called the epidemiological transition, a long term that just means that in most Western nations, chronic diseases became the major causes of disability and death instead," Rogers explained. read more