Last week I made an admittedly outrageous claim: that studying genes is mostly a waste of time and money. Not only is it a waste of time and money regarding the evolution of lifeforms, but it's also a mostly waste of time medically. And the reason it's a waste of time is because our genes do not control us. Instead, we control our genes. When a gene acts up and mutates or decides to express itself in a different way, it's not a result of an accident -- it's the result of being under the influence of the cell in which it resides -- which, in turn, is under the influence of the body itself.

Thus, by studying genetics, scientists are completely missing the cause of change. Take cancer. If a person smokes for 40 years and then a genetic mutation induces cancer in their body, the genetic mutation itself is not the cause, the cause cellular malfunction...and this malfunction happes because it finally succumbs to a toxic internal and/or external environment. And it's the same concept with a kid who grows up with crummy, toxic, deadbeat parents: the odds are, unfortunately, that this kid -- without Divine intervention -- will grow up to be malfunctional and toxic and deadbeat himself. It's not rocket science...it's common sense.