Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes

by Nathan H. Lents

It seems to me that cancer is the ultimate biological manifestation of the devil. Cancer is not the result of a bacterial or viral attack, and it’s not that our bodies become damaged by some outside force. It’s us. Our own cells, as if seduced by some evil force, forget their proper place in our bodies and begin to live solely for themselves. They become the embodiment of selfishness, taking everything for themselves, sparing nothing for the rest. Never satisfied, they grow more and more and spread to other areas to continue growing and taking and killing. The only way we know to fight these corrupted cells makes us very sick because in attacking the cancer, we attack ourselves. There is no other way to fight the demon that has taken over our very flesh. This is why I have always held oncologists and cancer researchers in the highest regard. You are dedicated to the fight against evil.