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Why god cannot heal amputees? Well... he did, once.

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Why god cannot heal amputees? Well... he did, once.
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RE: Why god cannot heal amputees? Well... he did, once.
June 12, 2013 at 12:09 pm
(June 12, 2013 at 11:26 am)John V Wrote: If it happens all the time, you wouldn't think of it as violating natural law in the first place.

Regardless of frequency, it would still be violating natural law.
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RE: Why god cannot heal amputees? Well... he did, once.
June 12, 2013 at 12:18 pm
(June 12, 2013 at 12:09 pm)Faith No More Wrote:
(June 12, 2013 at 11:26 am)John V Wrote: If it happens all the time, you wouldn't think of it as violating natural law in the first place.

Regardless of frequency, it would still be violating natural law.
If it occurred regularly, we would assume that it's in accord with natural law, even if not yet understood, as we do with every other regular phenomenon.
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RE: Why god cannot heal amputees? Well... he did, once.
June 12, 2013 at 12:23 pm
I see your point.

Fair enough.
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RE: Why god cannot heal amputees? Well... he did, once.
June 12, 2013 at 12:29 pm
(June 8, 2013 at 3:49 pm)TheBigOhMan Wrote: Just saying, there have been cases where people have claimed God did this.

There are innumerable cases of people claiming "god did this." It's a reliable way to get your name in the news, since people will come in droves based simply on a claim.
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RE: Why god cannot heal amputees? Well... he did, once.
June 12, 2013 at 1:05 pm
(June 12, 2013 at 12:29 pm)Tonus Wrote:
(June 8, 2013 at 3:49 pm)TheBigOhMan Wrote: Just saying, there have been cases where people have claimed God did this.

There are innumerable cases of people claiming "god did this." It's a reliable way to get your name in the news, since people will come in droves based simply on a claim.

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