Which all gets back to the point that it isn’t really all about science, or enough evidence to back up the Bible, but that it’s all about attacking religious belief and ridiculing those who have it.
That’s what these conversations get down to each and every time. Science in general, and evolution in particular, is the weapon of choice by the atheists with which to bludgeon Christianity and Christians.
Without fail, when they begin to lose the argument on what truth is, they resort to mockery, derision, and ridicule to try to discredit their opponents. They demand more than say so as to why someone should believe the Bible, and yet offer nothing more than say so as to why someone should believe them.
Atheists skepticism about miracles is not proof that they didn’t occur, or disproof of their occurrence.
I do know a Christian surgeon who regularly prays for and with his patients and often has to send them home without operating on them because they were healed. He uses scans and tests for the diagnosis and proof of healing.
Now, you’re not going to take my word for it. You’re not going to take his word for it. You’re not going to take the word of the person who was healed about it. You’re going to accuse them of lying unless they meet your specific demands for proof, none of which is likely to ever satisfy you.
You’re going to demand the actual scans and test results yourself. But then the question arises, that even if someone provided the requested images and documents, do you have the skill and training to correctly interpret them?
If you do, then it could be reasonably concluded that you are in the medical field where you would receive such training. If that was the case, then there would be no need to provide you with the requested evidence as you would have likely already seen examples of it. Virtually every medical professional I’ve ever met can point to miraculous healings of some kind. You’re lack of awareness of them indicates that you are not a medical professional.
If you aren’t a medical professional, then providing you with scans and test results that you are incapable of correctly interpreting, is an exercise in futility.
I could spend the rest of my life googling up testimonies of healings and I have no doubt, you’d find the rest of your life finding reasons for rejecting each and every one of them.
There is a healing/prayer room associated with the Cleveland Clinic where a lot of people go for healing and get healed. You could try there. I will see if I can find out specifically what it’s called and how to contact them but it will take some time to locate the contact person.
I could spend the rest of my life googling up testimonies of healings and I have no doubt, you’d find you could spend the rest of your life finding reasons for rejecting each and every one of them.
Thank you! I agree with you entirely.
//Science in general, and evolution in particular, is the weapon of choice by the atheists with which to bludgeon Christianity and Christians.
Without fail, when they begin to lose the argument on what truth is, they resort to mockery, derision, and ridicule to try to discredit their opponents.//
Yes, every time that is where they go. It’s an insight into the psyche of the evolutionist.
I think when people have solid evidence they are neither insulted by someone's doubt nor do they have to appeal to anecdotal testimonies and to the ineffable. Only those on shaky grounds seem to feel threatened by someone's doubt.
If you don't believe medicine works, feel free to refuse it. If you doubt gravity, hey be my guest...If you don't believe red-hot stove tops should not be touched, go ahead and experiment. It doesn't bother me.
Science in general, and evolution in particular, is the weapon of choice by the atheists with which to bludgeon Christianity and Christians.
See what I mean. Science and evolution is a "weapon." if someone tells me that one can get cured simply by being covered by a shadow of a very holy man, I don't consider that a "weapon. " I consider it superstition, but I don;t take it as an attack on medicine. Medicine does not require faith, or anecdotal testimonies, or "miracles."
Atheists skepticism about miracles is not proof that they didn’t occur, or disproof of their occurrence
Well, that's because talking donkeys and people living inside a fish for three days does not happen in our world. Maybe in another world, but we live in this world, and in this world that doesn't happen. The Bible describes some other world, not this one.
I do know a Christian surgeon who regularly prays for and with his patients and often has to send them home without operating on them because they were healed. He uses scans and tests for the diagnosis and proof of healing.
More anecdotal testimonies. "Truth" in our world is ascertained by obtaining the same results over and over with a great degree of probability. That means the working model "works." Science is not a competitive religion. Science is a system of models that work consistently and reliably within human limitations and on demand. Religion depends on hope, miracles, grace, fasting, and so on.
If someone wants to bet their life on such a "system" more power to them. I will stay with what works consistently and reliably. If you have pneumonia and you want to be sprinkled with holy water in hopes of being cured, go ahead. I will take my chance with all available antimicrobial agents.
Now, you’re not going to take my word for it. You’re not going to take his word for it. You’re not going to take the word of the person who was healed about it.
No I won't take anyone's word for it, because no one knows what healed that person. When that doctor starts healing every case of pneumonia or whatever he is healing with equal or greater certainty then with standard medical intervention then hopefully the dear doctor will be able to document his new "skill," and share the secret so that all his colleagues can do the same thing.
You’re going to accuse them of lying unless they meet your specific demands for proof, none of which is likely to ever satisfy you.
You are making this about me and I am getting sick of it. Discuss the issue and not what engage what I will or will not say.
But then the question arises, that even if someone provided the requested images and documents, do you have the skill and training to correctly interpret them?
In an anonymous forum such a question is meaningless. Besides, it is irrelevant if I am qualified or not. The criteria against which this doctor's success is measured is the standard of care. When and if his outcomes meet or exceed the best standard medical science can come up with, then he will have something to show and prove. There has been many a scientist who came up with fantastic results that no one else could repeat. He can't just come out and say "I pray real hard and you'all should try it too."
Virtually every medical professional I’ve ever met can point to miraculous healings of some kind.
But these spontaneous outcomes do not represent standard of care, nor does anyone know what caused the remission. Every fourth or so pregnancy is spontaneously aborted. Is that an act of God too?
You’re lack of awareness of them indicates that you are not a medical professional.
Your speculations are amazingly inaccurate.
I could spend the rest of my life googling up testimonies of healings and I have no doubt, you’d find the rest of your life finding reasons for rejecting each and every one of them.
Science has higher standards of proof than mere anecdotal testimonies. And that's good. Otherwise we would be on the same level as detergent commercials. When a patient dies, many will say the doctor killed him; but if he survives, they say God saved saved him. It's pretty weak if you think about it.
There is a healing/prayer room associated with the Cleveland Clinic where a lot of people go for healing and get healed
I realize that this is important to some people and that it may give them hope and a peace of mind, so it is good to have such chapels in places where people face difficult news, such as hospitals.
Any honest scientist will agree that evolution does not explain the origin of the species. Adaptation to environment can explain how things have changed over time, but inorganic matter becoming organic matter becoming self replicating is too complicated to have occurred by chance.
That’s what these conversations get down to each and every time. Science in general, and evolution in particular, is the weapon of choice by the atheists with which to bludgeon Christianity and Christians.
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Well said.