Re: An interesting scenario, thoughts?
@Joseph Westhouse: Ive started to study this issue, but unfortunately, I think it might be a question that we cant answer, because we dont have enough detail. If you look at the various stories in the different gospels, sometimes 1 gospel has Jesus seeming
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Thanks guys for all the responses so far. I knew I could trust in this community to bring a variety of different views. As I think more about the incident, I realise that my main gripe isnt as such that the guy wanted to pray for my friend and I, but
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@Joseph Westhouse: Dont misunderstand: I do agree that it could be Gods will that I be cured. But if that is his will, I strongly believe that he would let me know through the holy spirit. Notice that in all of the biblical examples we have of healing
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Hey folks. Brendan, showing at least courtesy to a stranger is the least we can do. They are not on our skin to actually know if it is painful or not to live as a blind person. There are many ways to say no and most of them wont hurt anyone. Ignoring this
Re: An interesting scenario, thoughts?
@Joseph Westhouse: If the question interests you, the page at:http://stronginfaith.org/article.php?page=9seems to be a good place to start. Unfortunately, getting into that here is probably way off-topic.URL:
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Agree again with Joseph and fastfinge. I feel like God would heal me if it was in his will to do so. And to my memory as well... most of the examples of healing in the bible were by people coming up to Jesus. But I do believe there were a couple of
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Ive had this happen twice in my life living in North Carolina which is in a pretty religious region of the US.1. I was pretty young, somewhere between 10 and 12. I dont remember if I still had partial sight. I was with my granny in a Chinese restaurant,
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As someone who considers myself to be a devoted Christian, Ive had it happen to me as well... and every time I have told them the same thing, and this is something I would say holds true whether you believe in God or not. I usually say no thank you,
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I would agree with assault_freak...with a small caveat. Id let him know that hes welcome to pray for me - but in private, on his own. If he truly wants God to heal me, and wants to intercede on my behalf, he has the right to do so. But by asking to pray
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I will start by confessing that I am an atheist. I used to be Christian.This is very similar to Pascals wager-I dont believe in a god, I am certain that there is no god, but I lose nothing by allowing you to pray for me. if there is no god, or if god is
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I am a moderate protestant Christian (IE somewhere between the baptists whom I find far too conservative and the United Church whom I find far too liberal), and I do not allow other Christians to pray that my blindness be healed, as I believe God has a
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Agree pretty much 100% with fastfinge. couldnt put it better myself. No point echoing what he said... so Ill just leave it at that.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=166197#p166197
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Re: An interesting scenario, thoughts?
My one comment to fastfinge and assault_freak: I (personally) wouldnt prohibit someone for praying for me just because I presume to know that God *wants* me to be blind. Does He allow me to be blind? Yes. Could it exist within His will for me to not be
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Joseph Westhouse, it would be interesting to share some thoughts about religiousness, but perhaps on another topic, since this one is more toward the peoples approach regarding blindness.Best regards, Haramir.URL:
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Well Id generally agree with Fastfinge in most cases, however there are occasions when Ive had someone offering prayers when there is clearly something wrong, particularly in Britain where religious fundamentalists are far rarer than in some other parts of
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