fradulent?
2007-07-29 15:47:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"feel" not fell!
2007-07-29 15:48:25 · update #1
Well, a LOT of the MODERN day Miracles performed by "so-called Faith healers" ARE completely fake. Scams intended to rip off money from unsuspecting believers in a money grabbing scheme to make themselves richer. ALL of these pale in comparison to the common, everyday miracles of nature. The changing of a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly, The development from a mundane egg into a beautiful Flamingo, a tiny hummingbird flying ALL the way from Central Mexico to Southern Canada and back every year. There are millions of REAL miracles that go almost unnoticed each and every single day, because they are seen as merely simple works of nature and no one even thinks of them as being miracles of Mother Earth. So a miracle is in the eye of the beholder. (((RAE)))
Raji the Green Witch
2007-07-30 02:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No - but that doesn't prove any are real, either. So far, every claimed miracle that has been actually tested - that is, claims made in the modern world where science actually had a chance to examine them - has been demonstrated as either a hoax or simple ignorance (like claims that a windowstain caused by sprinkler water was an image of a virgin, claims of healing, etc.)
The burden of proof is on the claimant. So far, none have carried this burden.
2007-07-29 15:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by Brent Y 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People just don't understand what miracles are. They think of Faith Healers, rather than penicillin. They worship the face of the Virgin in a tree and tread on the apples.
Things that happen through a natural process are no less miracles for that.
It's like Terry Pratchett says, "Turning water into wine is a parlor trick. Turning sunlight into grapes is a miracle."
2007-07-29 18:11:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, a true miracle can only be done by God Almighty. There are a lot of people who claim to have the power of God within them, who do not even know God at all. But these people will soon be found out. If a person is truly a worker in the army of the Lord Jesus, there may be miracles done through their hands. But if they are truly of God, the miracles will last. God does not half-do any task which He sets out to do. There will always be people who are pretenders; or who are fakes. Their power is of the devil; not of God. But when God is truly involved in a matter, it will last forever.
2007-07-29 15:58:50 · answer #4 · answered by Calvin S 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Madpol I'm with you on the Terry Pratchett. lol
I personally couldn't answer this one, because I'd be criticised whichever way I vote. Hey who cares. Disclaimer: I'm going to use my own opinion. I do not ask anybody to share it.
I feel that the miracles referred to in the Bible did not happen at all. This came about later through misinterpreted texts. If we try to use science to replicate them in any way, we may succeed, but we wouldn't have proven anything factual to be factual, only that it can be done.
This is only my opinion and is not in any way meant to cause offence to anyone who does not share it
2007-07-29 19:07:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know of any miracles in the Bible which have been proven to be fake.
Pastor Art
2007-07-29 15:53:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
that would be like saying since some money is counterfeit, all money is counterfeit.
I mean, fradulent.
2007-07-29 15:53:20 · answer #7 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not at all. There's always wannabes....but wannabes are often trying to immitate the real thing.
2007-07-29 18:00:44 · answer #8 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
miracles are things that we cannot (yet) explain... no magic involved.
2007-07-29 16:00:30 · answer #9 · answered by Pisces 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋