From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue 05 Nov 2002 - 05:12:54 GMT
>Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:19:15 -0500
>
>I think I saw a TV program on this: was it in Indonesia or the Philippines?
>
>I suppose the family of the deceased would feel that somehow the patient
>had, given the fact that he was 'cured' by this hard-working shaman.
>somehow
>done something shameful to bring about his own and deserved death. If he
>did
>not secretly deserve to die, God would have spared him....
>
>So, any instances that you can think of where a 'miracle cure' actually
>seems to have done so?
>
>Cheers,
>Lawry
>
Not really. I've read about them, but they always seemed to be written by
the faithful. Like I mentioned before, miracles are in the eye of the
beholder. I've, personally, never seen one. But I've seen things other
people thought were cures and miracles. I'm not by nature a believer. When
I see a miracle, I always wonder what I'm really looking at. So far I've
always found a less spiritual explanation for what I see. Nobody I've seen
throw his crutches away really needed them in the first place. Broken legs
heal whether you pray over them or not.
Cheers,
Grant
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