Why do you think Jesus can't/won't heal an amputee?(give him/her a new leg)

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Permalink Reply by SIN on April 21, 2009 at 3:10pm

The paradox

God exists, and God answers prayers, but for some reason God chooses to ignore the prayers of amputees. We don't have a good explanation for why God acts this way, and it does seem to contradict what Jesus teaches about prayer in the Bible, but clearly God has his divine reasons.


Key Point
In Mark 11:24 Jesus promises Neva Rogers that, "whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." In John 14:14 Jesus promises, "if you ask anything in my name, I will do it."

Yet when Neva prayed for protection from the gunman, Jesus completely ignored her. Jeff Weise shot Neva Rogers in the head four times, and she died in a pool of her own blood.

A situation like this is deeply paradoxical. For any thoughtful person, the questions come in a flood. Why does an all-powerful God completely ignore the prayers and allow ten people to die? Why does God save the student who denies God's existence? Why doesn't God strike the gunman dead at the scene, or help him earlier in life so as to completely derail the situation before it ever happens? How could a loving God allow such perverse, needless and useless suffering when he clearly has the power and authority to prevent it? Why would Jesus make an unambiguous promise to answer prayers in the Bible, and then renege? How can God have answered millions of other prayers all around the globe on that day, while at the same time ignoring this huge tragedy and refusing to answer any prayers there?

It is hard for us, as human beings, to know what to think because Neva Rogers' death is senseless. We have no easy way to penetrate the mysteries of the Lord.

What we do know is that these deeply paradoxical situations happen all the time, and there must be a reason for that... but there isn't.

Source: Why God Won't Heal Amputees one of my fave websites.

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Permalink Reply by SIN on April 21, 2009 at 3:12pm

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Permalink Reply by darkrose0486 on April 21, 2009 at 3:21pm

thanks for the replies Sin they are very informational however what are your thoughts on what I said in my post about the leg having to come from somewhere?

I know and respect the fact that you don't believe in the Gods however does the idea that the leg would need to come from somewhere seem logical to you just from an idea stand point?.

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Permalink Reply by SIN on April 21, 2009 at 3:25pm

Jesus can't heal an amputee because he can't recreate the bone and other parts needed for the leg out of nowhere(I.E. just make them appear) the parts would have to come from someone(I.E. Another person) and he can't just take a leg away from a "non believer" and give it to the amputee.

This supports scientific premise, that something can not be created from nothing - why does science limit the ability of Jesus?

Why can't Jesus manifest a new leg from pure desire to create the new leg? If God imagined all that is, and manifested it - why can't Jesus do the same? Why can't God work through Jesus, or why can't Jesus request that God create the new leg for an amputee?

Simple, because we invented these ideas darkrose - all of it is imagined. I understand that you believe this information comes from Dionysus; however I believe it comes from you.

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Permalink Reply by Senara on April 21, 2009 at 3:36pm

:-D

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Permalink Reply by Rose on May 16, 2009 at 12:23pm

If everything they say is true, then Jesus should be able to make a new leg from dust. That's supposedly how god made Adam.

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Permalink Reply by Rose on May 16, 2009 at 12:21pm

Long live the Great Pumpkin!!!

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Permalink Reply by Gypsy_Witch on April 21, 2009 at 7:35pm

Why does an all-powerful God completely ignore the prayers and allow ten people to die? Why does God save the student who denies God's existence? Why doesn't God strike the gunman dead at the scene, or help him earlier in life so as to completely derail the situation before it ever happens? How could a loving God allow such perverse, needless and useless suffering when he clearly has the power and authority to prevent it? Why would Jesus make an unambiguous promise to answer prayers in the Bible, and then renege? How can God have answered millions of other prayers all around the globe on that day, while at the same time ignoring this huge tragedy and refusing to answer any prayers there?

It's unanswered questions like these that made me start questioning Christianity. I could not accept the answer "God has his divine reasons." So I started looking elsewhere for answers.

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Permalink Reply by Celticlass...FAERIE QUEEN on May 24, 2009 at 10:34am

,.aye and manipulating the energies with magick......

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Permalink Reply by SIN on April 21, 2009 at 3:41pm

So, we can not accept the idea of manifesting a new leg to replace one that has been damaged? But we can accept implants and body modifications?

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Permalink Reply by darkrose0486 on April 21, 2009 at 3:48pm

I think Jesus or any other God can only perform miracles that our present collective consciousness can accept.

I agree, I just can't think of the way to say why right now, I'll post more when I figure out how to phrase it.

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Permalink Reply by darkrose0486 on April 21, 2009 at 4:32pm

I asked him because I have been dealing with my "post christian issues" and Dionysus has been helping me deal with it.

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