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There is no link to medical records that post.If you read it - I included a link to the medical records which I photographed and posted.
See post #86
That post references another post in another thread, but he did post them. Here's the shortcut:There is no link to medical records that post.
So it’s either a miracle or human error?That post references another post in another thread, but he did post them. Here's the shortcut:
Speaking In Tongues
Meh, I don't care about this topic so much. I was just trying to be helpful in a completely technical role.So it’s either a miracle or human error?
So it’s either a miracle or human error?
I think it likely to be human error and that the poster has correlated his prayer with the human error and concluded a miracle.Yes, I think that seems to be the case.
I think it likely to be human error and that poster as correlated his prayer with the human error.
I’ve edited my previous post for clarity.Of course you do. That's not the question. The question is why you do.
I’ve edited my previous post for clarity.
Let's pretend for a moment that miracles in the Bible were done for a specific time, at a specific place, for a specific purpose, by God, but that these ceased shortly after or when the Apostles died.
How would that effect how you approach reading the Bible?
Alternatively, what if miracles that happened in the Bible were done for a specific time, at a specific place, for a specific purpose, by God, with the qualifier that miracles still happen today, just to a much less rate of frequency.
How would that effect how you approach reading the Bible?
Open discussion for Christians and Atheists.
I'm sure you would be interested in seeing them. But if you want to see them just to try and "figure them out" I'm not sure what the point of me telling you would be. As I've said here before, there are cons to telling you, such as you not believing them because you will be held accountable for what testimony you get from Believers. I'm actually looking out for you by not telling you. If I tell you about them, and you just hand wave the whole thing and you never become a Christian, you will get a "worse" punishment for knowing something like this. At least that is a possibility to me.
That does not seem to make sense at all. An ad hoc rationalisation, I should say.When Jesus healed someone 2000 years ago, there was little chance that the healing would compromise the medical science of that day. A similar healing today would have the potential to do great harm. Professionals in the medical field could be led astray, believing a certain course of therapy was successful when it was not. This doesn't mean that "miracles" don't happen in our modern age, but it does mean that the choice to perform one is a far more complex decision than it once was.
First of all - who told you that it is God's desire for scientific discovery to evolve on our world? Where did you get that from?Yes, it is a huge problem. Saving a life or lives through apparent supernatural means has the potential to set back scientific discovery. This could lead to the deaths or compromised health of many, many other innocent people. In Jesus' time, the primitive cultures of the world were very superstitious. The body of scientific medical knowledge was very limited.
It is God's desire that scientific discovery continue to evolve on our world. It is our destiny to continue this evolution of life and knowledge.
When Jesus healed someone 2000 years ago, there was little chance that the healing would compromise the medical science of that day. A similar healing today would have the potential to do great harm. Professionals in the medical field could be led astray, believing a certain course of therapy was successful when it was not. This doesn't mean that "miracles" don't happen in our modern age, but it does mean that the choice to perform one is a far more complex decision than it once was.
No - as I said, what you are saying seems to be nothing but an ad hoc rationalisation.
I had a thread a while ago that delved a little into this... theologically speaking, it would be problematic to say the least.
A god's inactions are every bit as significant as his actions. A god who at one point sets aside the laws of the universe to achieve his purpose must have a reason for suddenly stopping... we can only speculate as to the reasons... and none of them are particularly flattering to the deity in question.
...and not a Biblically consistent one... we're talking about the same God who sabotaged the Tower of Babel because the humans were getting too uppity...
While I agree with the sentiment, the point of the Tower of Babel was that humans were getting quite arrogant about their own abilities.
1 Corinthians 1:19 "For it is written,
'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.'"
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