And yet, I'd like to credit God because I survived my cancer. It seems only proper since I prayed and begged him for a healing. On the other hand, I have seen people far better than I am, not be healed, who had legions of people pray for their recovery.
I don't know if what you wrote is actually true. I can't prove it either way. If God doesn't really intervene and heal people, then he just might let nature take it's course. That thought doesn't bring me much comfort.
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I don't know whether what I wrote is true or not, either. I'm not trying to peddle it as fact.
I'm glad you survived your cancer, and perhaps God is responsible. My guess is that He isn't because we've all seen fine God-fearing people actively engaged in doing God's work struck down. You'd think those might be the most likely to receive divine intervention.
I don't see the evidence that God intervenes in these matters. And I don't think he needs our prayers in order to intervene in the event that He does. I don't see how we can possibly push His buttons.
But that's a personal opinion, and I have no problem with anyone believing differently. Faith, by its very nature, is an intensely personal thing.