In the practice of medicine, it is becoming increasingly common to say that the causative factors for a disease is multifactorial. Many times, this refers to the fact that the particular disease in question has both genetic and environmental components associated with it. For example, some people are genetically predisposed to hypertension, but certain environmental triggers/factors such as lack of exercise, a high-cholesterol diet would make such a genetically predisposed individuals a higher chance of expressing those diseases. Thus, health practitioners could channel their energy into reducing environmental triggers or take the bull by the horn and face the genetic predisposition. This does not mean, however, that someone who has no hereditary predisposition to the disease cannot come up with it. As well, sin is multifactorial. We are taught by the Bible, that when we born, we have a genetic make-up that favors the practice of sin- it’s in our DNA. You don’t have to try ...
