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I don't know where the "life of it's own" test came from. I don't see it in the Bible. I don't think you can prove the "all life is spirit" claim, upon which this is based. Minus five points for using the word "axiomatically." That went out with PFAL. Sorry. How could one even begin to prove such a thing? "Revelation" right? Sure, any thing is possible, that's about as far as we can go. It had tons of value to Wierwille. It gave him the appearance of being a man of great spiritual insight. It gave followers a sense that they were privy to some insider knowledge, causing them to value Wierwille and his ministry more. It lead to an unhealthy fixation that devil spirits were around every corner (perhaps even causing this headache I have right now) which in my view put people in a fearful and compliant state of mind. Don't disagree with The Way or you could be opening yourself to spirit possession. I agree little or no value to the individual (I think this is what you meant), but plenty of value those who would exercise control.

Everything gives off something. Dust bunnies under the fridge contain debil spurts. You don't want those in your home, do you? Un-mowed grass has the power to take down HQ. So naturally cancer is like dust bunnies in your body.

A virus is a lifeform, as is a fungus. Both have "a life of their own." Cancer's a misfire in the body's immune system. We don't yet know all the possible triggers, but the answer is VERY complicated because there's lots of risk factors, including some genetic ones and exposure ones (it can run in families, exposure to a known carcinogen, especially over time, can lead to it). However, we don't have ALL the answers on it now, we may never have all the answers to it. I'd buy that devils could inspire unhealthy behaviours, and those unhealthy behaviours would be risk factors to cause cancer. There's no need to make up an entire system of "and devils can affect biology directly, but only under certain super-specific instances", which is what would be needed to try to accomodate the twi doctrine in any consistent fashion. In short, vpw made lots of stupid claims which were picked up by others. This was one of them. There's no evidence of any kind to support this one that isn't easy to dismiss.

:offtopic:/> That's one reason to use the Private Messaging facility. Investigate the area at the top right of the screen. Click by your name, and you will find Messenger. You need to [start to] type in the addressee's name (not initials). Hey presto! No derails!