Saturday, October 29, 2011

Evidence.

               Evidence: the barrier at which many supernatural phenomena stop cold.  Do we have solid proof?  Some believe that there is much evidence, even in their personal lives, of the influence of miracles.  A transcript of a BBC broadcast by Roger Bolton (written on April 6, 2006,) contains the story of a woman named Katie Prang who, eleven years prior to the writing of the article, had been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.  As a last resort, Katie requested prayer from her church.  "I received prayer on the Sunday morning, and played hockey that afternoon....It had to be a miracle."  Her doctor attributed the "miracle" to a faulty diagnosis but she remains adamant that she was healed miraculously.   
              Bolton presents the following argument against miracles, "On sceptic told me he would believe in miracles if an amputated leg began to grow back.  Why, he wondered, are so many of the cured conditions invisible to the eye?"  From the Christian perspective, the reason many miracles are "hazy" so to speak is because those uninterested in believing would not believe regardless of how much evidence there is presented in the miracle. In John 12:37-40 it explains this unbelief, "Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in front of them.  But they still would not believe in Him...They can't turn to the Lord.  If they could, He would heal them."  So is this evidence real evidence, or is it merely fabricated by religious fanatics?  Bolton noncommittally states "just don't ask me what I believe, because I'm still making my mind up."  How can we know the truth?

Resources:
Bolton, Roger.  "Modern Miracles."  BBC News.  6 April, 2006.  Web. 28 October 2011.  
news.bbc.co.uk

"The Holy Bible: New International Version."  Walk Thru Bible Ministries, 1992

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