Originally posted by Bisto
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Do Christians have any medically confirmed cases of someone who has lost an arm or a leg having that limb reattach itself after a prayer to Jesus?
It is a very simple question.
Do Christians have any confirmed cases of someone who had his head completely severed having that head reattached without the assistance of human hands, and, seeing that person brought back to life?
Yes or no?
The point is very simple: You Christians continue saying that Keener's book provides medical confirmation for his miracle claims. The only claims I have seen so far (the end of chapter 10) is someone alleging that someone else told them that doctors had confirmed the healing. That is hearsay.
My contention is that the claims for which "miracles" are alleged are either unprovable (that Mary conceived Jesus when she was still a virgin by the power of a ghost), or, the claims involve conditions that could be explained by some other natural process, such as someone recovering from pneumonia.
There is no natural recovery for the loss of a major limb (amputation). So if someone had a limb amputated, prayed for healing, and showed up at the doctor's office with his original arm restored...that CANNOT be explained by any natural process. That could only occur by a non-natural power, such as a supernatural being...a god.
And the same is true of a decapitation victim. There is no natural known means to reattach a head and bring the person back to life. So if someone can provide a medically confirmed case of someone recovering from a complete decapitation, that CANNOT be explained by a natural process. That could only happen by a non-natural means, such as a supernatural being...a god.
I believe that if there are no cases of prayers to Jesus healing an amputee or raising a (completely) decapitated person from the dead, this is strong evidence that prayer for miracle healings in the name of Jesus do not occur. It is much more likely that all the events alleged to be miracles are actually natural phenomenon, however rare, that by pure chance are in close proximity to prayers by Christians for healing.
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