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Pergamum · #5 (**permalink**) 03-03-2007, 12:22 PM

Why doesn't God heal hemmorhoids? In the history of the world, it is never recorded that God has healed anyone from hemmorhoids.

Probably because miracles were never too frequent.

Also, the blind and lame and demon possessed had symbolic value as representative of the devil's work or human ability.

Also, God DID raise the dead, a thing far exceeding raising a limb. But, all sorts of miracles have seemed to cease nowadays. This is not a problem of the power of God but only a product of us living in this Last Time, when the Word of God should be sufficient.

If Jesus is all loving, why - out of all the crowds - did he heal only a few people. Probably 90% or better went unhealed.

What a cruel God that many could envision if we place an obligation that God act according to our rules.

Of course the websites makes some good points: Why does the divorce rates for Christians versus non-Christians equal one another in the States:

Either two answers are really possible; () Christianity has no power, or (2) American Christianity has no power.

I choose the latter. The Western mild form of easy beleivism makes the church and the world indistinguishable. In fact, these statistics that the website show are, indeed, proofs that America is not a Christian nation and the Gospel prevalent nowadays has no effects.

Here in West Jawa huge numbers of Muslims get divorced. As do some of the nominals Christians. But, by and large the serious and consistent Christians all have solid family lives in contrast to the culture around them. The atheists on that website are attacking Western Christianity, not Christianity at large. In pagans realms Christians are a light on top of a hill. Their behavior visibly surpasses others'.

We must always destinguish between generic religon versus Christianity or else all arguments of the atheists will win:

-Who was responsible for Crusades, inquisitions, foot binding, Jihad, massacres, sutti, decption.....religion. Religion in general is an evil thing.

-In the 20th Century who is responsible for mass murders and genocide and political oppression.....irreligion and atheism (which is really the worship of the State)...

--Who helped end foot binding, slavery, sutti in India, and who helps poverty relief, diseased babies from being killed in Irian Jaya, prevents temple prostition in India....?........ Christian workers and the Christian faith.

Also, suppose we picked 10,000 folks at random and did a study of the effects of prayer on dying patients with cancer. First, God in his will has decreed this cancer and Second, we have 10,000 Jews, Muslims, nominal church goers and religionists of all types praying for one of the blind-study groups. This proves nothing unless all religionists are assumed to be praying to the correct God.

False religion is just as uneffective as false non-religion.