I specifically remember seeing two of these frauds, on television, while living in North Carolina...Jim Whittington and Ernest Angely, who make the same outrageous claims,but dont seem to have the huge following of Benny Hinn...and of course, Pat Robertson and his crew are always claiming to heal people through the television waves, and of course there is Oral Roberts and his son and daughter in law, who seem to think that they have the same powers.......
Now, I believe in God, and believe in the healing power of Christ...but I do not believe for one moment that these 'fakes' have the power to heal someone....if Christ wishes a healing for anyone, it seems to me, that prayer groups at various churches, prayers by oneself on behalf of others, and prayers by just ordinary believers are heard more sincerely than the 'fake' powers invoked by these charlatans...
You will always notice on TBN, where Benny likes to hang out, whenever one of their members has a serious, and real medical problem, that person always, and I mean always goes to a regular doctor, and has medical care done by a clinic or hospital...Now, if their dear Benny Hinn has real healing powers, no trips to the hospital or doctor or clinic would be necessary...just ask old Benny for the magic touch and you should be cured ...but you will notice that whenever any prominent member of TBN(Trinity Broadcasting Network), has a serious medical problem, they always go running to the real healers, who are the medical doctors...
Also you will notice, that Benny will never heal anyone onstage and on public view, who has an obvious medical problem, that can be seen...such as an missing limb, such as obvious tumors, or lumps, such as deformities...he will not try to heal these folks in plain sight, because then he would be shown up for the quack that he is...
But this is America, and if people want to throw money at him, then so be it... I fail to understand why people will believe someone like Benny Hinn, but each to his/her own...
I have worked in nursing homes for many years...we once had a young woman, who was severely brain damaged, as the result of an accident, and was in a constant vegetative state, and had been for a few years....her parents were great followers of these faith healers, and believed in their empty promises of a cure....sometimes they would pay the faith healer to come to the nursing home, and lay hands on their daughter...sometimes we had to get the girl ready to travel to a faith healers service, as the faith healer could not be bothered coming to the nursing home....they always had to pay big sums of money....and guess what? you have got it...that young woman is still in a vegetative state, and many faith healers later and many dollars poorer, one parent has died, and other no longer has the money to pay faith healers...
If Benny Hinn could cure this young woman and do it in front of me and other medical personnel, I might then give up my view of Benny Hinn as a fake...until then, I am not judging him, I am simply saying I do not believe on thing of what he is claiming...
So far the medical doctors have been unable to figure out how to surgically remove all that make-up from Jan Crouch, and they're baffled totally by her hair wig -- attempt to remove it surgically, or use lasers? ;-)
When these guys pray for a person they do so in the name of JESUS. NONE of them claim to do it themselves. They all recognize that any healing power comes from God, not them.
you will notice that whenever any prominent member of TBN(Trinity Broadcasting Network), has a serious medical problem, they always go running to the real healers, who are the medical doctors...
None of these Christian evangilists that believe in God's healing claim that one does not need a doctor. In their preaching they claim that everyone needs a doctor. The apostle Luke was a doctor. There have been some cults that claim God doesn't want us to use medical doctors, but not true Christian evangilists. Oral Roberts even started a medical school at ORU to integrate God's prayer with the medical profession.
I am not judging him
You've got to be kidding. Venomous contempt drips from every sentence you wrote.