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Originally posted by kang
The point on the amputee thing is this.
God heals people with cancer, right? The vast majority of Christians believe this. He answers other prayers, right? Again, the vast majority of Christians believe this. He heals all kinds of sicknesses and diseases, right? I’m sure you know of someone who has had some illness and has attributed their healing to god. God has answered their prayers.
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I believe He has "answered" these prayers via the skill endowed upon our physicians.
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Originally posted by kang
So the answer to “Why would he want to” is “for the same reasons he heals other things.” If he heals other sicknesses, and answers other prayers, why does he not answer the prayers of amputees and their families?
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Many severed limbs are re-attached these days. He "heals" some of them in the same manner in which He "heals" those with other ailments. In neither case will He heal all; in neither case will the sky part and a "miracle" happen.
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Originally posted by kang
This issue is addressed as question number 1 in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDHJ4ztnldQ
One of the main points he makes is that “You have to invent an excuse on god’s behalf to explain this strange fact of life.” That is exactly what you have done in this post.
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With your very limited knowledge of what scripture reveals to us about God's ways, I can see where you would think so.
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Originally posted by kang
The remaining nine questions are in need of rebuttal as well.
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No they are not; they are not even worth addressing. They are presented in an incredibly juvenile, ignorant fashion not worthy of rebuttal. They are rife with so many pre-school theological missunderstandings that they would be laughable, but for the fact that some adults think they actually have some merit.
Tell you what Kang, I think you owe it to yourself to take the time to educate yourself in theology. I think you will find it fascinating. It will better prepare you not only for these discussions, but to make a more informed decision for your life. Then you, too, can see the errors in materials such as the video you keep presenting. For anyone with the most cursory of theological understanding, your observance of that video as providing any basis for discussion tells us the baseline from which you are dealing. It is very clear that you have no more than a passing knowledge of the topic. You seem genuinly interested in it at some level, if only to discredit it. Even at that, you owe it to yourself to learn something about it. At least that way we won't have to keep re-hashing the "Theology 101" concepts with you.