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in the top; i meant DIETALL of the amputees i know are saved. one is a guy with only one leg; cuz he is a severe diabetic and he didn't follow his diabetic; and so he lost his leg; but he might lose both!! hes that stubborn.
one is a guy with only two fingers; he is a carpenter; and he was distracted by his son one day and the electric saw thing sliced them off.
and the other one is a guy who lost both arms (up to elbows) in a war; he got to close to a land mine i guess. ( i think he was trying to disarm it actually!) but hes now a famous olympic runner in the specials. and anyway!! all of them are saved. even if they all go to three different churches. and they have all come to terms with being amputees so really!! i don't see why someone started this dumb thread in the first place!! but that is none of my concern; so don't comment on the last little statement please.
Oh, I thought we were speaking in generalities (), but I know of amputees that aren't saved. Actually I don't know of a single amputee that is saved, so by my anecdotal evidence, God doesn't save them. So can we say that anecdotal evidence isn't the criteria for measuring truth?
I have a friend who is deaf and lost two fingers in a job accident years ago. He is a Christian and a deacon of a deaf church.
Maybe you are just around more non-Christians than you are around Christians. Maybe there are not any of those who are disabled in your church or area.
Perhaps the reason amputees aren't saved in some Christians eyes is the theology that keeps them condemned or gives them false hopes of delusional ways of being healed. So, I suppose when God created people without limbs that He made a mistake too and that they are not able to be saved either when God called His work fearfully and wonderfully made.
Perhaps the reason amputees aren't saved in some Christians eyes is the theology that keeps them condemned or gives them false hopes of delusional ways of being healed. So, I suppose when God created people without limbs that He made a mistake too and that they are not able to be saved either when God called His work fearfully and wonderfully made.
Nope, the Bible is pretty clear on this. The reason they're not saved is sin and sin alone.
But to set the record straight, try and focus on how anecdotal evidence is not the basis of truth, God's word is.
So, based on a person appearance (i.e. disabled, poor, dirty, etc) can tell you that they are sinners that they are unable to be saved because they are not healed the way you view in terms of salvation?
Nope, it's me saying that, similar to the OP, we do not base our theology on anecdotal evidence.
Wow, totally don't know how you got this though.
No, any personal story can be an anecdotal fallacy, it doesn't involve doubt or hearsay.Evidence in the form of hearsay is called anecdotal if there is doubt
No, any personal story can be an anecdotal fallacy, it doesn't involve doubt or hearsay.
The rest I agree with, just don't understand the path you've gone down.
Anecdotal evidence
One of the simplest fallacies is to rely on anecdotal evidence.
It's quite valid to use personal experience to illustrate a point; but such anecdotes don't actually prove anything to anyone. Your friend may say he met Elvis in the supermarket, but those who haven't had the same experience will require more than your friend's anecdotal evidence to convince them.
Anecdotal evidence can seem very compelling, especially if the audience wants to believe it. This is part of the explanation for urban legends; stories which are verifiably false have been known to circulate as anecdotes for years.
So, if you say that a person is always healed by faith and a person with faith prays and is not healed, that your theoryology is still right no matter how much anecdotal (empirical) evidence there is to the contrary?
I say, either the Word works or it aint the Word. Its may be misunderstanding the Word, but it ain't the Word, and you need to trash your theoryology, not keep defending it or explaining it away. You're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
~Jim
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. ~C.S. Lewis
So, if you say that a person is always healed by faith and a person with faith prays and is not healed, that your theoryology is still right no matter how much anecdotal (empirical) evidence there is to the contrary?
I say, either the Word works or it ain’t the Word. It’s may be misunderstanding the Word, but it ain't the Word, and you need to trash your theoryology, not keep defending it or explaining it away. You're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
~Jim
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. ~C.S. Lewis
to imply that God does not heal amputees, demonstrates a lack of faith, that all things are possible for God.
Amputees have received miracles, study the ministry of Wigglesworth, J. G. Lake
more amputees would receive miracles, if we did not walk by the 5 senses, and teach others to do so. But instead believed God totaly.
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