"I must work the works of him that sent me" - Everyone is Born Equally under the God

 

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Everyone is Born Equally under the God

Let's check the state of inmates in the U.S according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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Inmate race:

Race        # of Inmates        % of Inmates

Asian            2,355                  1.5%

Black            59,676                38.3%

Native American    3,649            2.3%

White           89,975                 57.8%

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Sentences Imposed:
Sentence                           # of Inmates     % of Inmates

0 to 1 year^*                                        1,543     2.3 %

> 1 year to < 3 years^**                  12,805     8.7%

3 years to < 5 years                     15,614    10.6%

5 years to < 10 years                   39,348    26.7%

10 years to < 15 years                 33,651    22.8%

15 years to < 20 years                 18,251    12.4%

20 years or more but < Life           21,927   14.9%

Life                                               4,248    2.9%

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Gender:

Gender       # of Inmates    % of Inmates

Female    10,610                  6.8%

Male        145,045               93.2%

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(https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/)

So, the majority of inmates in the U.S. are male whites under sentences between 5 to 15 years, although Hispanics seem to be included in the category of Whites in the FBP statistics. 

We had better compare this statistics with the general demography in the U.S. with distinction between Hispanics and other genuine Whites (according to https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/30/shrinking-gap-between-number-of-blacks-and-whites-in-prison/).

Furthermore, we must also get another reference statistics to clarify ethnicity:

2010. Inmates in adult facilities, by race and ethnicity. Jails, and state and federal prisons.[72]
Race, ethnicity	% of US population	% of U.S. incarcerated population	National incarceration rate (per 100,000 of all ages)
White (non-Hispanic)	64	39	450 per 100,000
Hispanic	16	19	831 per 100,000
Black	13	40	2,306 per 100,000
Asian	5.6	1.5	210 per 100,000

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States)

So, it has become clear that blacks are 5 times more apt to be arrested and put into prisons than whites.  It is not good for Americans who are entitled to enjoy the principle that everyone is born equally under the God. 

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John 9    King James Version

3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

"not command them to go out into the deep" - Turning on Favorable Genes and Turning off Undesired Genes

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Turning on Favorable Genes and Turning off Undesired Genes

Some genes in DNA are in a sate of being ON (active), and others are in a state of being OFF (non-active).  According to these states of genes (whose total number is 22,333) in DNA (whose total size is about 3 billion DNA base pairs), each human body has its own features, functioning uniquely.  

Human genes that become acetylated are in general turned ON, while they are turned OFF when becoming methylated.

(https://www.epigencare.com/epigenetics-and-skincare/)

It is said that active genes only account for 5 to 10%.  And it is thought that a disease develops because necessary genes are not active in the human body.  To conquer a disease, some specific genes must be turned ON.  Then, men might be able to conquer diseases caused by corona-viruses.

But how can we turn genes ON and OFF in an arbitrary manner?  Some Japanese scientists discovered a chemical approach to do it and reported it, in August 2016, in the online-version of Nature Biotechnology under the title of "Targeted DNA demethylation in vivo using dCas9-peptide repeat and ScFv–TET catalytic domain fusions."

 
Apart from chemical or medical approaches, there must be other approaches by adopting specific ways of living and mind work, since autonomous nerves controlling some physical conditions are affected by actions of the mind through brain nerves.

Dr. Kazuo Murakami emphasized the following points:

(1) Some dormant genes start to get ON working actively, when a man encounters a certain environment.  

(2) Some dormant genes get ON working actively, when a man mends his way of living.

(3) A man can grow n terms of ability and personality, when he changes the environment by which he is surrounded at the time of being stuck in a dead end.   

(4) Some genes that have been OFF can be turned ON, when a man gets associated with innovation.

(5) One's life can be changed through information exchange with others.

(6) One common feature among people who build good performance is having an upbeat vision and keeping a positive trend.

(7) A notable feature of those whose genes are actively ON is that they don't worry about the future but tackle work at hand in full efforts.

In these spiritual, psychological and behavioral approaches, one can turn on genes whose work is needed for him facing specific conditions in life.  And, if such approaches can be formulated and quantified, revolution can happen in medical science.  However, they are still experimental and empirical.

However, it can be easily understood why and how Christ Jesus could heal the sick and depressed without using modern medicines and devices, if He had the skill to work on their genes, turning on favorable genes and turning off undesired genes.

Indeed, some American and European medical scientists are studying on effect of prayer on treatment of disease.  If somebody prays for cure of disease of his family member, friend, etc. directly, indirectly, or even remotely, a curing effect is found sometimes.  Prayer based on love and faith seems to work well.

On the other hand, hatred, anger, and malice may be also transmitted to turn on undesired genes and turn off favorable genes of an enemy. 

The mankind must not be yet matured enough to be able to handle this gene awakening/suppressing technique.  


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Luke 8    King James Version

30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

"they should tell no man of him" - Mutual Reaction between Spiritual/Mind Work and the Endocrine and Immune Systems

 

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Mutual Reaction between Spiritual/Mind Work and the Endocrine and Immune systems

A man invokes his spirit and thinks with his mind, which works on his endocrine system and immune system whose work reversely acts on his mind and spirit.

If stress on his mind continues, functional failures occur somewhere in his mind, endocrine system and immune system, resulting in a disease.  As a result, his mind feels pain and agony, falling into depression and leading to a lower level of vital activities.  

In this internal conditions, corona-viruses find chances to slip away from the immune system and invade human cells.

As one gets older, he will have to suffer many kinds of stress in his life in the society or at home.  So, old men tend to have hidden diseases.  When people get older than 60, their possibility to develop cancer drastically increases.

   (https://ganjoho.jp/reg_stat/statistics/stat/summary.html)

　Deaths by cancer per 100,000 people - Trend along with Ages

It has been also found that older people (especially higher than 60) tend to be killed by corona-viruses more often than younger people (under 50).

The paper found that the fatality rate gradually increases with age. For example, there were no deaths among children aged nine or younger while it stood at 0.2 percent for people aged between 10 and 39. It increased to 3.6 percent in the 60-69 age bracket before rising to 8 percent among those aged 70 to 79 and 14.8 percent among people in their 80s or older.

(https://www.statista.com/chart/20860/coronavirus-fatality-rate-by-age/)

Anyway, people have to avoid stress on their bodies and minds so that their endocrine systems and immune systems can work properly and effectively against cancers and viruses.

For this purpose, it is highly recommended to read the Bible or any holy books to purify their spirits and free their minds from worldly worries, since there is clear mutual reaction between spiritual and mind work and the endocrine and immune systems.

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Mark 8    King James Version

28 And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.