Just because one guy isn’t healed doesn’t mean God doesn’t heal. Healing is scriptural.

It’s a stretch to dismiss revivals, Christianity, healings, and miracles because one guy is kooky.

@MrsMecomber: I don’t dismiss healings or revivals altogether, just this one.

(And a few others…. ok more than a few others…)

Well that’s a relief! For a sec I wondered if you’d turned heretic or something.

Not necessarily aimed toward you, but your post makes me re-realize that a whole lot of energy seems directed on “heretic chasing” but so little energy in the American Church today is toward holiness and virtuous service to God, without which a Christian is not a Christian. The words of 2 Timothy 3:1-7 are unfolding before our eyes, and it is not the gospel message that is at fault here. But sinners don’t realize that, they just brand Christians as “hypocrites” and divided, and therefore they dismiss Jesus’ message. It’s sad.

wow, i always go to the doctor when i’m sick. doesn’t mean i don’t believe God can do it….

LOL, you must believe a lot of Baptists are heretics then. I do think bona fide healings exist, but because of the state of the churches today they are rare and drowned out by these counterfeit revivals.

Most of these miracles I suspect happen overseas in places like China too, not in the U.S.

LOL, you must believe a lot of Baptists are heretics then.

I was Baptist once. WAS. Then, by golly, I read the Bible, and believed what it said! lol. (readers, skip the hate mail; I’ve heard it all)

Most of these miracles I suspect happen overseas in places like China too, not in the U.S. …healings exist, but because of the state of the churches today they are rare

John Chysostom and John Wesley said the same thing. It’s a crying shame, IMHO. But healings do take place in the U.S.– that’s for sure. The Holy Ghost is alive and well everywhere!

I think we need a second Reformation and dispense with this emotionalism. Some Christians can be a little too embarrassing in the intellectual department.

What we need is a revival, a real one. One that moves people to repentance, not looking for angels that can bring them cold hard cash.

Unfortunately many Christians seem to lack basic powers of discernment. Many an atheist has had a good laugh starting an urban myth that gets swallowed hook line and sinker by gullible Christians. I believe in physical healings as well, just not the kind that can be called down from above at will. Name it and claim it doesn’t hold water.

It’s gotten to the point where I can’t abide by it anymore. If I was at a revival and the pastor made an altar call by saying “Come get some!” I would have gone up there and beaten the snot out of him. Then I’d get a pair of pliers and twist his eyebrow rings off just for good measure.

Not that I had anyone specific in mind though. This is merely hypothetically speaking.

Great comments.

One church I went to actually encouraged the members to be idiots. They quoted the verse “God has chosen the foolish things of the world… not many noble, not many mighty…” So that gave them an excuse to be dumb!

Willful ignorance is a wee bit different from being born stupid. I claim the latter.

I think my eyes need healing after THAT post.

i’ll never come back to this website again so i don’t care what you say, even though its been a while since anyone has posted anyway but i would just like to say that when i read the article i was really happy because i believed i had found something which really tells everyone how stupid christians are, unfortunately the comments made me vomit. Get over yourselfs, God isn’t real and no one gets magically healed by some old scavy guy with rabies and just to say:

text the words “god loves you” to 20 mates and get a free dancing jesus screensaver for your mobile!!!

All christians are gay

God isnt real even though i love him and blame him for all of my problems fhghsjksfhjkfjksdgfjks

omg i h8 sk8rs thy r so gay, lol!!

…. well my slang seems tto be slightly different to whoever wrote the note at the bottom as flame-bait sounds stupid so ill say nothing more about that…

i heard lincoln adams had an all male orgy in early 2007… not very christian or manly of him…

bye bye

p.s. in case you stupid christians didn’t guess i added a little bit so you will have to delete this loads of times…. does stupid christians count as flame-bait? ah whatever *******!!!!!

i know this probably has nothing to do with christianity but what’s the point of being a vegetarian? and why isn’t there enough people hating religions in this world?

The previous commenter is British. ‘Nuff said.

aha, the guy who posted this is american. Enough Said.

And seriously get over it, who cares if people have different beliefs then you can’t you just keep your opinions to yourself instead of letting rip on some pathetic website? I thought kids were immature but obviously some people never grow up.

I thought kids were immature but obviously some people never grow up.

This coming from a 13 year old with a MySpace page?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Run along now and play with your dollies little girl.

Yes, it is coming from a 14 year old.

But excuse me when have you ever had to be an adult to defend what you believe in?

Melia,
You’ll disagree with me here, but you probably have to be an adult before you KNOW what you believe in.

Maybe in some peoples minds. But not in mine,

Melia, you sound like an immature, spoiled little brat, maybe because you are in fact, an immature, spoiled little brat. Go bother somebody else and leave the grownup discussions to the adults, mmm-kay?