are we to say what is the ultimate will of theinfinite? I will say as a prospective clergy student that anyone who presumes to makepronouncements as to the will of the Almighty, whosoever dares to appoint themselvesto be the voice of God is committing blasphemy.The simple fact is that if it were not for the widespread intimate sexual contact withmultiple partners, there would be not HIV/AIDS pandemic. This cannot be denied. U.S.Rep. Coburn had said STDs are a symptom of the illness that truly plagues us. Manypeople dont have the integrity and courage to say that there are consequences toactions. (Wyatt)Perhaps we can, as finite beings, infer that occurrences such as HIV/AIDS areexamples of divine punishment. Perhaps it is another test to determine our worthiness.I prefer the assessment of one of the Christians who rescued Jews from Nazi-occupiedFrance: we apparently needed a lesson. We suffer because we have failed tounderstand a fundamental principle which governs human existence. We will continueto suffer until we learn it, or perish because we failed to learn it in time....
