Article August 20, 1979 Issue

Freedom from contagion

MARY MONA SEED FISHER

The whole concept of immunity is human, not divine. The need for immunity implies the existence of something from which we need to be protected. Yet, spiritually speaking, can we be harmed? Did God create anything that could pose a threat to His children—children He loves? Does anything exist that God did not create?

The answer to all three questions is an emphatic no! Man cannot be harmed, because God made everything that exists, and, as Genesis I states with profound simplicity, "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."^{Gen. 1:31;}

Immunization and contagion: If we accept the need of the former, we must also admit the existence of the latter. Yet, neither has an origin in God. In reality there is no contagious disease in the first place, from which we need to seek immunity in the second place.

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