You want to know see articles on typical Christians? You probably won’t find them because you cares about normal? It’s boring and doesn’t pique people’s interests but give them something out of the ordinary and they go wild for it. Look at the nightly news sometimes, all you get is the sensational (deaths, shootings, natural disasters, war, sensational sports highlights, etc.) It’s the same with the above article.

It’s very easy to focus on the “crazy” people because they do things that draw attention to themselves.

These are not “crazy” people, these are people following what they have been taught in church.

Instead I would like the guniune opportunity to become a part of the conversation.

Please join the conversation, Kyle! We’re happy to welcome you and other Christians who are genuinely interested in talking things over. Thanks for being here.

As I noted before, it’s easy to focus on those people who do things out of the ordinary. I, for example, work in a Muslim country. I would like to point out that I am a U.S. citizen. Many of the people here have a certain idea of what Americans are like. For example, we are all rich, we all eat pork, we all drink alcohol, we don’t have many moral standards, we love sex & violence and our women are all loose.

I would gather that many people in the States think that many Muslims are terrorists. That would be because of a minority of Muslims (fundamentalists) who have blown up buildings and desire to kill all Westerners, particularly Jews and Americans.

Let’s have an open mind and not condemn all people because of the acts of a few

Well said

I would gather that many people in the States think that many Muslims are terrorists. That would be because of a minority of Muslims (fundamentalists) who have blown up buildings and desire to kill all Westerners, particularly Jews and Americans.

Let’s have an open mind and not condemn all people because of the acts of a few.

Stephan said,

July 26, 2007 at 9:50 am

Lee, let me get this straight. Your mother got hurt, some people prayed and she got better. She didn’t seek medical attention because she believed the prayers had worked, and she was fine. Is it possible that she and the other “fundies” were right in this case?

Okay, Steph, you’re right about one thing… we do need to get a few things straight.
Yes, my mother fell. Yes, she was hurt. But the Chrispies were definitely WRONG. She was fortunate not to have sustained injuries that could have been made worse by not seeking medical attention. She did NOT get better after these lunatics prayed. She had a huge black eye, swelling of the area, nausea, sleepiness… the typical signs of a concussion.

These are not signs of some miraculous healing… they are signs of injury. Had there been deeper trauma, then my mother could have died from suffering from bleeding or a clot within her brain. She was foolish not to have sought medical attention. She was lucky… not healed.

If you truly believe that God’s track record in healing is good enough to rely on for yourself, then more power to you. I will point out that it doesn’t take much time to do an Internet search to find cases where people relied on faith with tragic results. Those who rely on faith are playing a dangerous game of Russian Roullette… with about the same odds of winning OR losing.
So, go ahead – spin the chamber, pull the trigger, and take your chances, you fool. Maybe you’ll get lucky…

There was a fairly recent case here in Canada involving similar skewered logic. I believe in January of 2007, a woman who is a member of the Jehovah Witness organization gave birth to sextuplets in Vancouver, BC. These newborns urgently needed blood transfusions in order to make it and the parents refused. Two of the babies died and child protection had to step in to protect the remaining children.

The response of the parents was to sue, claiming their rights had been violated.

Oh yeah. It’s where the nutty local school board tried to bring ID into the science classrooms!

Definitely an abundance of kooky fanatics over there in Central PA…