![]() ![]() If God created and loves us, why does He (or She) allow us to become ill?Īnd how could God allow people to suffer from Huntington’s disease, which slowly and cruelly, over 15 to 20 years, reduces people to a mere shadow of themselves by destroying their brains and robbing them of their ability to speak, walk, swallow, and think? It enables us to strive for the perfection of our species, including the drive to eliminate Huntington’s and other devastating diseases. The earth is now encompassed by a “thinking layer” of conscious beings. Teilhard affirmed that the central thread in all of evolution is the rise of consciousness. Teilhard’s master work was The Phenomenon of Man, a modern, scientific creation narrative centered on evolution. More than anybody else, Teilhard led Catholicism to embrace evolution. To understand this predicament, I studied the life and writings of Teilhard de Chardin, a Jesuit priest, World War I stretcher-bearer, and world-renowned paleontologist. HD people have a huge cross to carry, but they should see their lives as part of the evolutionary surge towards a better life for all. But it may serve a purpose as of yet undiscovered. HD perhaps resulted from evolution gone wild. My religion, Catholicism, has arrived at a synthesis of faith and science and accepts the theory of evolution. ![]() It helped inspire me to become an activist for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. Later I studied liberation theology, a divine call to build the Kingdom of God in the here and now. In college I learned about process theology, which sustains that God is evolving along with humanity. This article is my manifesto of faith and HD. How could God allow people to suffer from a cruel disease like Huntington’s, which slowly kills by destroying the brain?Īs a person who is gene-positive for HD, I have pondered this question for years. (This entry is dedicated to the physicians and scientists seeking treatments and a cure for HD.) ![]() God, Huntington's disease and the meaning of life.Charting new territory: going public about HD. ![]()
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