They’re also surprising. hundereds of years ago if people had seen what we can do now they would have said its a miracle, but i think to go around nowadays claiming to have a magic touch is a lie exploited by too many hoaxers.Jack Wood, Derby UK, I'm 100% positive that miracles still happen today (even visible ones!). This may a reason for them - where they are genuine - to occur in a restrained way, not to compel our free will, and not necessarily even to prevent disasters or cure serious illnesses. My theory is stay away from doctors and priests you may not live longer but you`ll die richer! They are actively being documented everywhere from third-world countries to home-town America.This book documents such events in home-town America. Do miracles happen today? The thing is about healing or any matter of faith it seems to me people will either believe or not, and if someone doesnt believe, it dont matter what evidence you put before them, and if you do believe, its just the same, so i guess we all just have to find our own way. Many people, like Dr Raj Persaud and Uri Geller, think that what we call miracles are simply examples of the power of the mind to command the body. Being the Easter Weekend it certainly would be a miracle blessing indeed to have an whole new lease on life again. Winning the league plus 2 European cups in an era when Liverpool dominated trumps second any day of the week. Even believers have no easy answers to that. I sincerely believe that there WERE miracles wrought by God, as recorded in the Old and New Testaments, but they served ONLY to validate the messages of God's servants at that time. The world would be a much more hopeful place if we held an individual's successful struggle over adversity with a higher regard than sudden, unexplainable occurrences. Read about our approach to external linking. But do miracles really happen? There is no such thing. Arch Trout, Falkirk, Reel those suckers in! I am sorry people, wishful thinking doesn't mean it happened. Religion should be outlawed, then maybe there could be peace. Yet he is sure that God works through him to cure people and is prepared to open his books to anyone. It is easy for people to scoff about the importance of Lourdes especially when you see the town next to the sanctuary. Phone their friends? Modern-day miracle workers still exist! Churches across the world differ in their beliefs about miracles. Because it wouldn't be such a good story then would it? It's always vague stories, about invisible healing, i.e. But when I went to that little town in the French Pyrenees, armed with my scepticism, I was strangely impressed. Oh, and Roger Bolton is obviously a far more generous soul than me. Listen to Radio 2's Modern Miracles For a start, few physical miracles are accepted by the Roman Catholic Church as having occurred there - only 67 in the almost 150 years since Bernadette had her visions - and the church has a very rigorous screening process in place to evaluate the thousands of claims that are put forward. Nearly three-quarters aged 18-24 say they believe some form of miracle is possible … Praying for people is one thing, preying on them is quite another.Em, UK, Yeah right! The answer is an emphatic "no" - as the doctrine and teaching of the Catholic church does not sit squarely with God's Word, the Bible. I've prayed for things and nothing happened; I've prayed for things and got amazing results. However, I also believe that if people are ill they can recover by believing they are going to get better (mind over matter?) This is called blaming the victim. If the chances are one in a million, it's easy to find the other 999,999 people who died. So, not only are so-called miracles in heathen religions denounced, but also the claims of the heretical charismatic movement and Catholic claims eg Lourdes. As Arthur C Clarke once said, any technology sufficiently advanced from our own would appear as magic. What now for Paul the eight-limbed oracle? Ask a phsychic why they haven't won the lottery, their answer "It doesn't work like that". . Because they have no proof: only vague testimonials with no proper supporting medical evidence, supplemented by wishful thinking. Specially the Ethiopian Orthodox church has a grant from GOD (Holly Water) which is a number one miracle maker. And why isn¿t it ever a leg grown back? "SC, USA, It's worth pointing out that a Lourdes "cure rate" of only 67 in nearly 150 years, given the millions of ill people who must have gone there, is indistinguishable from blind chance. Cancers are healed, aids victims set free, paralysed people are able to move again freely. I too have visited Lourdes out of curiosity. Started in 1996 by Scott and Sally Harrison, the first CURE hospital opened a mere two years later. 3 years ago. Miricles happen every day when a child is born,will he be the one to save mankind or to destroy it---maybe he will be a great scientist and grow back the leg of the sceptic amputee. Having seen a couple of friends get involved with the Evangelical mob, I am utterly cynical when it comes to spontaneous healing. from CURE International Plus . What I've learned after the majority of my life lived as an atheist is that faith is a true "leap" - there is no scientific proof that there is a God, none that there are miracles, no proof that prayer works - it is a personal journey and trial that cannot be judged by others. You show a lack of understanding for religion and these powers by mixing the two. Is there any case on record of a Buddhist or Muslim being cured of cancer by the Christian God or any of his 'agents'? Relatives of a baby boy found alive after being flung 100m (300ft) by a tornado that hit the southern US have described his survival as "a miracle". It has been featured on various talk shows around the world and has been the subject of a hollywood film starring Martin Sheen. This may give us the source of our 'miracles' and other paranormal experiences. In which case I cannot see how his apologists can claim he is a useful moral guide. But since many people seem to have a need for an explanation, Jesus, god (of whichever persuasion), keeps cropping up.Ronald, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Sorry to all those believers if this sounds harsh, but the very notion that there is a god out there that ignores so much global suffering except that of a select few makes me feel quite ill.Jason, London. We still know so little about the way the mind functions that it would be rash indeed to rule out this explanation of what are otherwise inexplicable "cures". A service of EWTN News. Celebrate? The death and resurrection of Jesus - CCEA, The role and nature of Christian discipleship - CCEA, Christianity through a study of the Gospel of Mark, Home Economics: Food and Nutrition (CCEA). (1,300 words) Friday, April 23, 2021. The Conversation. David, Surbiton, I once heard an interview with a Nazi concentration camp inmate who summed up for me the irrelevance of God to the ways of this appalling world. A feeling of wholeness, calmness and identity is the nearest I can put into words. I know of many people who's testimony includes being healed by God. It also tells us that there are an infinite number of 'alternate' realities, in which these events have/are/will happen. We need to wake up, turn back to God and ask Him to show us His power.Helen, Edinburgh, Tsunamis are natural physical events. Since when did the BBC use the Onion as source material. I have seen for myself a leg extending a few inches to solve back problems through a Catholic with a healing ministry. Miracles can be defined as anything that goes against or above the natural processes of life. I just hope that noone stops seeing their doctor because some quack pronounces them "Cured".Ivan, Nottingham, If "Damian Stayne of the Roman Catholic Cor et Lumen Christi" (or "Katie Pring of Essex" for that matter) can really cure diseases which medical science cannot, simply through the power of prayer, then they can easily win a million dollars for the good cause of their choice! Modern-day miracles still happen! It's heartbreaking to see people's emotions being toyed with in this way. As Christians, we are to live by faith - and NOT sight - in the Lord Jesus Christ. “Should you believe in miracles?” BBC Radio 4 – YouTube. If this was a clinical drug trial the drug would be an unmitigated failure. So if someone believes that visiting a shrine, etc., will cure them, it might actually trigger a recovery which otherwise wouldn't happen. Miracles happen everyday and some would believe the event just was lucky. there, are they of God ? Spirituality is a personal thing, and vast public displays of mass hysteria do not convince anyone that there is a higher power at work. al tuson, leyland, At the end of the article you mention about wanting to see people's legs grow back. Modern day miracles: 5 stories of healing and hope compassion. Joao joao sans, caen, calvados, france, The reason that amputated legs are not cured by miracles is that even the most incompetent doctor can hardly misdiagnose a missing leg!Gerard van Wilgen, Bilthoven, One thing people commonly forget regarding biblical teaching is that if someone gets healed miraculously at Lourdes for instance, there is nothing special at Lourdes that caused this to happen; it happened by faith alone. ... Then more than 50 worshippers a day were making a pilgrimage from all over Britain to see the wonderful ... (Teletext BBC and ITV, 9 September 1999) His doctor came over and verified the healing. Only people who posses gody nature can do miracles..Like Lord Krishna, Rama, Jesus and so on..Currently I had some experinces with Bahavan Sri Sathaya Sai Baba who is an incanation of god. "For me it came on very quickly, my mum was sizing up wheelchairs for me because when I got up in the morning I was so stiff I found it very difficult to walk. In 5 years he won, League championship, 2 European cups ,2 league cups & a European super cup. The person who is cured from cancer will, one day die. (1:36) “Three in five British adults say miracles are possible”. Science Documentary hosted by Mark Miodownik, published by BBC in 2014 - English narration [] Cover[] InformationEveryday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners Mark Miodownik reveals the amazing stories behind everyday objects of desire and how they are miraculously transformed from raw materials into the very stuff of the modern world. Some people have powers that our present culture does not recognize. Whatever it's called, it is something wonderful. He can explain this better than I can.Lizzie, Wrexham, I'm not a Christian, so find it difficult to accept that somebody else's "God" is performing these "miracles". In other words, do miracles transcend the boundaries of faith? Genesis 3 records the fall of man and the entry of sin into the world. You are wrong about the Catholic Church vigorously verifying "miracle cures" happening at Lourdes. For a start, few physical miracles are accepted by the Roman Catholic Church as having occurred there - only 67 in the almost 150 years since Bernadette had her visions - and the church has a very rigorous screening process in place to evaluate the thousands of claims that are put forward. Why is it never Bill Smith from No 27? I also believe in a little bit of magic too, I think we should all have something to believe in.andy feast, manchester,uk, Although I am not a Catholic, a couple of years ago I sent a message to Our Lady at Lourdes asking her to look after a friend's mother who was seriously ill in hospital in America. Oh well. If there are genuine miracles that God performs today, then they cannot be an end in themselves, they are only designed to point people to God and their ultimate spiritual need of Him and the death of Jesus on their behalf - the only thing that will last beyond death into eternity.Philip, Hull, God does not intervene to stop tsunamis, and concentration camps, because these are they of which he prophesied and warned, and as we know, the word of God is said to be true, so the Word comes to pass. No one has ever gone to Lourdes and, for example, regrown a leg lost in a car accident. Cancers are healed in Christ, all our sins are forgiven and all our diseases are healed, victims... 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