What is so great about Jesus? (sin, created, spirit, origin)
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My father was a double amputee, both legs below the knee. March 3, 1945, Alsace-Lorraine. He was a quietly religious man, but I doubt he ever once "asked for his limbs back". He was very logical and in fact became an engineer after the war. He asked the surgeons to try to save his knees because then he knew he'd be able to walk on prosthetic legs.
I have never heard any story of ANY amputee EVER asking for their limbs back even thinking that was a possibility, belief in a God or not, and I've known quite a few of them since Dad was active in the disabled veteran's organizations.
I get the point you're trying to make, but I'm just making a note that while some of you seem to find this "Why doesn't God heal amputees" thing a wildly hilarious thing to repeat, from where I sit it just sounds stupid.
My answer -- why does god let these things happen to begin with?
My answer -- why does god let these things happen to begin with?
That assumes a God who is a) a person, and b) one who is in control of "letting" or "not letting" "things happen". Those are not my beliefs, although I have personified God myself and still do at times.
But things like the war that maimed my father and what happened at my workplace 17 years ago Tuesday are not the results of the actions or inactions of God, but rather the actions and inactions of humanity.
That assumes a God who is a) a person, and b) one who is in control of "letting" or "not letting" "things happen". Those are not my beliefs, although I have personified God myself and still do at times.
But things like the war that maimed my father and what happened at my workplace 17 years ago Tuesday are not the results of the absence of God, but rather the actions of humanity.
Although an atheist, I have always left the door ajar for the possibility of deistic god.
But things like the war that maimed my father and what happened at my workplace 17 years ago Tuesday are not the results of the actions or inactions of God, but rather the actions and inactions of humanity.
What happened at you workplace 17 years ago was done in the name of God - the Abrahamic god.
I wonder what happened with all the amputees that have asked for their limbs back. I wonder what happened to all the Africans that have died whilst asking for a cup of clean water or a crust of bread.
and how many millions on millions lived because he was there and did heal, he did bring water from rocks even and he did bring bread..?
just because you think you know everything doesn't mean that you do know everything.
you don't know what you don't know. and you don't know God!
and yes it is usually done by people in those HUGE churches that get the endless mocking and tongue lashing in sites like this!
it is the days of awe .. all need to be in a place of repentance.. yom Kippur and before Tabernacles ...
, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem ( city of peace) and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it."
it is good to look closely at ourselves before Yom Kippor and before Tabernacles . it is the days of awe.
and how many millions on millions lived because he was there and did heal, he did bring water from rocks even and he did bring bread..?
So the bible stories claim...and we know how unreliable the bible is.
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just because you think you know everything doesn't mean that you do know everything.
you don't know what you don't know. and you don't know God!
I gave up childlike beliefs when grew out of being a child.
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"Go throughout the city of Jerusalem ( city of peace) and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it."
it is good to look closely at ourselves before Yom Kippor and before Tabernacles . it is the days of awe.
Complete babble.
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