8EITHER/OR "LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE AND THEN AT THE HUMAN BODY-THE COMPLEXITY, MAGNITITUDE, AND BEAUTY OF BOTH. THERE HAS TO BE A STARTING POINT. THERE MUST BE A PERSON, MIND OR CREATOR AT THE BEGINNING. THERE IS A CREATOR OR PRIMAL CAUSE OR YOU AND I ARE THE MOST INTELLIGENT BEINGS IN THE UNIVERSE. John DeFoore was born in a small town in Mississippi. He grew up surrounded by the cotton fields and dense forests. He left home at age 17 and went to work with a highway construction group. He finished high school, went to college and when WWII began he was drafted in 1940. He served seven years in the military going into the service as private first class and discharged as a major in 1947. He was in the Infantry, saw service in New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines. he was awarded the Bronze Cross for service, "above and beyond" during an amphibious landing on Morotai Island. John was ordained as a Baptist Minister in 194l, graduating from Mississippi College with a Bachelor of Science degree; Master of Theology degree from Southern Baptist Theological seminary; and did further study at New College in Edinburgh, Scotland; Princeton, Harvard and Jungian Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. He is married to Marion Sue Jones and the father of four sons.