Better theological response to "why doesn't God heal amputees?"

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PRmerger said:
This is actually a thread from 2011. I don’t know that any of the original posters are still invested in this thread.
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Do you know what the documented amputee regrowing a limb was that they were talking about?
 
Sorry, I just saw the thread.

The cured amputation is known as the Miracle of Calanda. For its time, it’s well attested to by medical testimony. You can read the Wiki article about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_Calanda

It’s of interest that the claims that have been made to try to explain this event are as bizarre as the miracle - such as the idea that the man could have bound his lower leg tightly behind his thigh to only simulate being amputated, yet in all the years this was going on in a small town, no one noticed. (It’s also contradicted by the medical testimony.)

Try doing that yourself with a couple of belts (better yet, don’t) and you can feel the excruciating pain it provokes after a couple of minutes. You also have the problem of the foot sticking out from where your backside is, which you think *someone *in the town might have noticed.

It would be a lot easier to simply fake being blind.

So, it seems to have happened at least once.
 
Arizona_Mike said:
Sorry, I just saw the thread.

The cured amputation is known as the Miracle of Calanda. For its time, it’s well attested to by medical testimony. You can read the Wiki article about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_Calanda

It’s of interest that the claims that have been made to try to explain this event are as bizarre as the miracle - such as the idea that the man could have bound his lower leg tightly behind his thigh to only simulate being amputated, yet in all the years this was going on in a small town, no one noticed. (It’s also contradicted by the medical testimony.)

Try doing that yourself with a couple of belts (better yet, don’t) and you can feel the excruciating pain it provokes after a couple of minutes. You also have the problem of the foot sticking out from where your backside is, which you think *someone *in the town might have noticed.

It would be a lot easier to simply fake being blind.

So, it seems to have happened at least once.
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Thanks! What’s also interesting about this, is, according to one article I read about it, it says his leg didn’t regrow, but it was the same leg that was amputated.

Dumb question alert: is it at all possible that after two and a half years, they could’ve somehow reattached the leg?
 
Faith1960 said:
Thanks! What’s also interesting about this, is, according to one article I read about it, it says his leg didn’t regrow, but it was the same leg that was amputated.

Dumb question alert: is it at all possible that after two and a half years, they could’ve somehow reattached the leg?
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Given 17th century medical technology, no. And the leg would have decomposed.
 
Bohm_Bawerk said:
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This begs the question of why there is no recorded case of an amputee that has been healed in the modern era. I’m sure there are amputees who have prayed to God for him to physically heal them. I’m not accepting “God answers prayers, but not in the way we expect” because I’m sure that there would at least be one recorded amputee being healed in modern history, even if it means many others will have to make do with emotional healing.
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Whether there is a recorded case of a limb being restored, eg. a leg, may or may not exist, it is debatable . the Archives of the Catholic Church may contain such evidence. In the process of canonization two miracles are required. Events that are extra-ordinary that science has no answer for. So it is possible. The late St.Padre Pio is claimed to have been responsible(through God) for a girl born without pupils in her eyes, to see. this can be verified in the story of his life, plus many more healings.
 
Bohm_Bawerk said:
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It’s also important to take into consideration that the amputee is not testing God. The amputee desperately wants his/her situation to be resolved, and has placed his trust that God will answer the prayer favourably.

What’s a better theological response? Serious answers only please.
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To heal an amputee, meaning that the missing limb is miraculously restored, and only God can do this. Why doesn’t He cure amputees? How do we know He doesn’t just because there may not be any records of the event. There is certainly much circumstantial evidence that claim He did miracles, bringing a person to life, which is greater than restoring a limb. Faith is required to believe, not reason, and faith is reasonable.

When God performs an extra-ordinary event such as miracle, it is just that , extra-ordinary. God established the ordinary, the natural. The miracle is the super-natural,exceptional. God in His love for mankind when in His Wisdom knows that a miracle will bring some, maybe not all, into salvation, He will grant it. eg. such a true obstacle to the salvation of society is a lack of belief in God, for it is through faith in Jesus Christ that the world is saved, no other way, He is the gate and the way. He also would know it would advance the greater good, not necessarily the healing of the amputee, but the supplying the amputee with the assurance of his final end, union with God by the practice of faith, and trust in Him. He also said “It is a sinful nation that demands signs” We live in an “incredulous society” and in His love, not ours for Him, but His love for us, He just might grant a great miracle, and for those that don’t believe I would be fearful. People can be hard-hearted. Faith and trust in God answers prayer most favorably than the restoration of the limb, it will supply the amputee with his greatest need, a need for God.
 
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