Had a discussion today with somebody on my course, who happens to be the first baptist I've ever met. The discussion ended up on miracles, particularly healing miracles. He told me about instances he had personally seen in his church of a woman with a back problem getting up and running, and of himself being apparently cured of a trapped nerve in his knee after being prayed for (the doctor telling him at the next check-up that he had probably made a mistake). This sounds to me a lot like adrenaline in the first instance and simple chance in the second.
It turns out I'm not good at debating unless I have sources in front of me and readily accessible. Who'd of thought? :| I don't think I was very convincing.
Anyway, my counter-move, so to speak, was that we see similar things in just about every religion, to which he responded that he had never heard of any outside Christianity. And fair enough, I can't name any specific examples.
But here's the thing: I'm trying to find examples and testimony from non-Christians on Google and it's bloody difficult. All I can find is "this Muslim was healed... by a Christian (they then convert and become born-again etc.)" Over and over again.
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So, is there anywhere I can find a list of examples of non-Christian faith-healing? Or is it just a little quirk of Christianity?
It turns out I'm not good at debating unless I have sources in front of me and readily accessible. Who'd of thought? :| I don't think I was very convincing.
Anyway, my counter-move, so to speak, was that we see similar things in just about every religion, to which he responded that he had never heard of any outside Christianity. And fair enough, I can't name any specific examples.
But here's the thing: I'm trying to find examples and testimony from non-Christians on Google and it's bloody difficult. All I can find is "this Muslim was healed... by a Christian (they then convert and become born-again etc.)" Over and over again.
FFFFFUUUUU
So, is there anywhere I can find a list of examples of non-Christian faith-healing? Or is it just a little quirk of Christianity?