This is not my question, but one posed by Marshall Brain (creator of the popular How Stuff Works website). It's a profound question, because it points out why supposed faith healing cannot be used as an argument to justify the existence of God.
It has been widely demonstrated that cases of faith healing occur at rates no greater than that expected by chance alone -- a fact most often ignored by religious believers.
But more than this, consider the fact that there have been absolutely no reported cases of amputated limbs being regenerated in humans. Rather than saying that God does not favor amputees, this strongly suggests that if God exists, she plays absolutely no role in the healing of human ailments. In other words, faith healing cannot be used as an argument for the existence of God.
it points out why supposed faith healing cannot be used as an argument to justify the existence of God.
it tries to say that because god doesn't "heal" amputees, he must not be real, which is interesting because I'd like to see why God is obligated to "heal" amputees.
second, there is a difference between actually healing someone and causing spontaneous limb regeneration
The idea of an amputee is that your limb was surgically removed. If God was going to heal, he probably would have done it before the surgery.
Wouldn't the same argument apply to God healing cancer patients? Wouldn't it make more sense for God to prevent the cancer to begin with?
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This is based on a false assumption or several false assumptions. It is simple God does heal amputees, it is called a creative miracle.
I do not see anyone healing anyone by chance, how do you do that anyway, I would like to try to do it.
Did Jesus, drag people who did not want healing to be forcefully worked on? Of course not because God respects the choice of those who refuse to be healed. Where does this idea that God does not heal amputees come from?
I will present evidence of God healing people who are amputees.
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I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
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