Why dont Scientists consider so many miracles taking place around the world in Evangilical Prayer Meetings?

Question

I had recently gone to a Prayer Meeting conducted by Evangelist Dr. Paul Dhinakaran when he had come to Bangalore in the Palace grounds. There as the prayer was conducted several people were healed of various diseases... Is there any scientific explanation for this.. In another such meeting conducted by him in an open ground it started to rain heavily.. He then prayed and commanded the rain to stop in the name of Jesus and to the shock of everybody the rain stopped immediately..!! And another shock was that after the meetind was over it was observed that except in the circumference of the ground where the meeting was conducted it had rained heavily in that entire place..!!Now how is that possible under natural circumstances..??!!Does is not prove that God exists..?? And also doesn't it prove that Jesus is true God..??

Answer 1

Why doesn't Dhinakaran ask 'God' to stop all the wars. Feed all the hungry people ? Save innocent plants and animals from destruction.

He was in Bangalore which is witnessing a growing crime rate. Why didn't he decree peace for the city ?

Science is based upon facts which can be reproduced and verified anywhere, anytime.

'Miracles', nothing better than chance happenings do not qualify.

Answer 2

There have been numerous studies done where people who claimed to be cured in prayer meetings were examined afterwards. In very many cases there was no evidence that they were ever sick in the first place. That is, no previous diagnosis or history of treatment by real doctors.

Secondly, a lot of people claimed to be cured but when they were examined 24 or 48 hours later the supposed cure hadnt actually occurred. That is, 24 hours later they still had the high blood pressure, they still were using their glasses, they still were travelling by wheel chair, etc. In other words, they may have felt so excited and thrilled at the thought of being cured, that they had a placebo effect for a few moments at the time of the "cure" but really, nothing happened.

In a lot of cases the people who were cured turned out to fakes, they were associates of the healers who were planted in the crowd, chosen on purpose and then pretended to be sick and cured. In one documentary I saw a Faith healer had a regular set of actors who travlled with him and were cured repeatedly of the same diseases in different cities on different nights....

In a surprising number of cases, the people actually didnt claim that they were cured of anything. Someone comes forward, the faith healer knocks them over and then the faith healer and all his assistants shout loudly that the person is cured and it's a miracle. They hustle the victim out of sight and then go on to the next victim. Meanwhile the sick person is left in the back of the crowd, no better off than when he arrived. I have seen a couple documentaries on this where the supposedly cured person was interviewed and said that nothing happened at all, even tho the faith healer was screaming that God had cured the person.

It is 50:50 whether faith healing proves that God exists, or whether the fact that these phony guys continually pretend to use God's name when in fact they are lying and cheating people is actually a proof that God doesnt exist - if He did, then he would punish them for taking His name in vain.

Answer 3

This doesn't prove anything, because it wasn't conducted under controlled conditions. It's far more likely that coincidence is responsible (miracles are abstract ideas, so need specific, testable evidence in order to be taken seriously). If this man could repeatably stop the rain whenever he chose then there would be something worth investigating, but it doesn't take a genius to realise that he can't. Smoke and mirrors, that's all. And most probably for power and/or money.

Answer 4

it proves absolutely nothing. there was no scientific observation, instrumentation, or recording of any kind except by memory.
unless there is ABSOLUTE SCIENTIFIC proof that an individual is actually ill, and ABSOLUTE PROOF of a cure having occurred, not just someone having an emotional outburst, or a hysterical reaction due to emotional manipulation, no miracles canb ever be claimed.
if you want to learn about miracles, check into the LOURDES, FRANCE claims of miraculous cures.
the catholic church REQUIRES a fully documented, cure to even consider investigating it as a miracle. millions of people have gone there, been cured of some illness and the church has only accepted under 200 cases as miraculous.
the investigations take years to complete, using thousands of hours of questions, reading through thousands of pages of testimony, and have almost never found such claims as they usually receive as even worthy of considering, let alone starting the process of investigation.
the stringent guidelines are such that, miracles as are performed y evangelists are usually hired hands acting out as if they had been cured in order to increase the amount put into the offerring plate. i have seen it happen far too many times not to know a charlatan from a realist.
many of those so-called miracles are staged or are the result of emotionally reacting to some wonderous words designed to evoke an emotional response from the audience. many people can be easily duped into becoming emotional, and losing their sense of reality when a charismatic speaker is present. in some ways, it's similar to becoming hysterical over some unfortunate event.

Answer 5

Most of the healings are placebo or "curing" of conditions that never existed. Remember, most of these guys have a staff of many people who are great actors who fake the recoveries. Human observation is flawed as far as the rain goes and people will believe whatever they want to . Of course, some of his staff could also have planted those ideas in your head. It's all a carnival road show.

Answer 6

Two words : Mass hysteria

I believe in God but I also believe these traveling evangelicals are out to fill their pockets and take advantage of suffering people.

Science doesn't set out to prove anything. Only to disprove.

Answer 7

The antithesis of this argument is here.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com

However...

Let's look at it another way... If you believe in God, you have to rationalize that belief with the reality of the world around you - ignoring coincidence... You need to look deeper and realize that God answers all prayers and works in our lives toward those answers in ways that you can't imagine in order to give us the means to find our own answers to our prayers. That is the curse and gift of free will. Only through working in the hearts of people around you can God work his miracles... This means we drown in floods no matter how hard we pray... It means bad things happen to good people... It means that children get raped by those who are evil whether we like it or not... It means that amputees don't get their limbs back, no matter how hard they pray...

But it means that by prayer we encourage strength and faith in others... Only a life outside of miracles can do so... It means we can do things we only dreamed of doing. It means we have no barriers... It means we can cure diseases and travel to the moon.

It means that science is real and the rest of the nonsense. The witch doctor you have mentione here is nothing more than trickery or coincidence or something you really want to believe, so you see it that way (like some people believe in ghosts or UFO's).

If you are going to be a Christian who is strong in faith... You need to shun silly miracles by faith healers... You don't need magicians and tricksters who make people jump out of wheelchairs or witness cures to uncurable INTERNAL injuries...

Wakeup and smell the coffee of faith... Believe in reality. Believe in God, but leave science to reality and faith to the spirit...

BE a Christian. Have FAITH in God. BE a Christian to others and they will follow you like moths to a flame... But don't be fooled by silly rediculous nonsense like stories of preachers who stop rain or heal only INTERNAL injuries... It is all lies and coincidence. God does not work this way in our lives, or people without limbs would be growing hands and feet from their stumps with enough prayer. It doesn't happen. It doesn't mean that God is not strong or that he doesn't answer all prayers... He isn't Ebay or Amazon.com... You can't just order what you want and expect the the same thing to arrive. He answers all prayers, but in different ways - ways you may not immediately understand. Sometimes his answers are a little larger than your focus allows you to see.

Have faith... not gullability...

Answer 8

God is a reality, more than you and me and all we can see around. I am scientist but I am a believer. Jesus is alive and he can heal all he wants.

Answer 9

Wake up!!! your stupid