is later found to have no tumor.
Is this an act of God or a medical mistake?
Would your answer be different if I said this person was
Christian? Atheist? Pagan? Muslim?
2007-06-21 10:01:17 · 27 answers · asked by Aria 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hint: it's not an act of god.
2007-06-21 10:03:12 · answer #1 · answered by Minh 6 · 6⤊ 4⤋
I'm afraid you haven't given me enough information.
How was the tumor first revealed and how was its lack subsequently revealed? Did the patient receive treatment of any sort (allopathic, holistic, naturopathic, magical, etc)? Change his or her diet or lifestyle? In what way? Did anyone pray for them? What was the person's attitude toward his/her initial diagnosis?
No, religion doesn't matter. Acts of God are acts of Nature and praying and magic work equally well (and they do both work), it's been demonstrated time and again, but so does the power of positive thinking. And there are medical mistakes too. You can't just say hey there was a tumor today and it's gone tomorrow without giving us more background to decide how we feel about it. In the end, it doesn't matter what it was.
2007-06-22 13:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by kaplah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's neither. If a tumor is suspected, a tentative preliminary diagnosis is made. This one was investigated further and there was none. A lot of things, like scar tissue, calcification, and fat deposits, can appear to be tumors and have to be looked at more closely, and some medical situations point to tumors and turn out to be something else. It doesn't mean that the original diagnosis was wrong. Religion doesn't enter into it, IMO, and wouldn't affect my answer.
2007-06-21 17:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Medical mistakes happen. My concern is this: if God did do a miracle, why not more hoopla around it?
I mean, a miracle is pretty impressive, where the lame walk and the deaf may hear. Rather than these "mysteries", would God be better served by really playing it up with thunderclaps and blinding light?
And before you think I am mocking, think about it. Which is more impressive: a person getting up out of a wheelchair, or a golden aura surrounding this person and when it disappears, so does the chair and the person is standing?
2007-06-21 17:08:27 · answer #4 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on a whole lot of things and in the end, either way, the two are indistinguishable from each other.
one has to consider the level of error in the preliminary diagnosis (the likelihood of mis readings taking place) not to mention considering whether or not the person 'prayed' for healing, or to be ok or whatever.
In any case, theres no way to give a definate answer as we wont really know.
I guess if you are of the sort that consider merely survivng the day a miracle then yea sure, why not?
2007-06-21 17:06:16 · answer #5 · answered by upliftmof0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the explanation is the same regardless of religion. A preliminary diagnosis is tere to make sure there is a suitable medical investigation into the persons symptoms to rule out the worst case scenario. Its not necessarily a medical mistake
2007-06-21 17:05:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends.
If it is a person who is not
If it is a
Of course, the death if
The doctors are a minor detail. It is really the prayers of good
Except when it does not, in which case it was just their time. Or they we not a good
2007-06-21 17:10:35 · answer #7 · answered by Simon T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All "miracles" even when they happen, are never acts of God. Just because something is unexplainable - and there are plenty of things that are unexplainable - should in no way be construed as divine intervention. The natural world is complex enough. All answers lie there.
No difference what religious beliefs.
2007-06-21 17:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We will never find out everything about God and why He decides to do what He does and why , nor when.
It could be a medical mistake, but I have been healed of a heart tumor within two days , because of my faith in God.
"Nothing is impossible with God."
2007-06-21 17:08:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mistakes are made in medicine all the time. Humans are still behind all of the tests and proceedures. Humans make mistakes, that is the way of it. I see this as a medical mistake and nothing more, there is certainly nothing divine in it.
I would not answer any differently regardless of the religion of the person.
2007-06-21 17:04:46 · answer #10 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I was cured of diverticulosis, acid reflux, hypercholesterol and chronic back pain. The methods I used were intense Reiki treatments by 2 Reiki masters and crystal healings by a spiritual healer. Some would say it is the work of the devil and others would say that God worked through them. Its all in how the individual percieves it. It is all good.
2007-06-21 17:09:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋