**In Matt. 4:23 Jesus healed every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people by some just touching the fringe of His cloak - and as many as touched it were being cured. (Mark 6:56) And all the multitude were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all. (Luke 6:19) He performed all kinds of miracles and cured the various illnesses of His day. These include: leprosy, blindness from birth, deafness, paralysis, fever, shriveled limbs, an amputated ear, muteness, and blood hemorrhaging. In Matthew 8:10:13 Jesus healed a centurion servant without even being present. He healed by touch and from a distance demonstrating that He is Lord of space and time. He had control over nature by calming the seas. Matthew 8:25-27: "A great storm arose on the Sea of Galilee covering their boat with waves. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We are perishing!’ But He said to them, ‘Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?’ Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea. And there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, ‘Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?’ Even his disciples who were living with him could not understand how this was possible. They to were in awe of a man who could control natures rage by a word. Jesus displayed complete authority over the forces of nature. It was the same word that created all things in the book of Genesis. He did not fail once. Jesus Christ proved he was Lord over space and time while not subject to either. All the miracles were defying natural laws. No one ever claimed to do such things, for the simple fact that they couldn’t!
Jesus predicted that the city of Jerusalem would be destroyed. Forty years before it occurred, Jesus gave specifics to its destruction; Jesus spoke of the temple being destroyed and the manner of its destruction.
Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” Matthew 24:1- 2 Just as he predicted the Romans came in stripped the gold off the glorious temple and tore down the stones. After this he prophesied that they would be led away until a certain time, “they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations.” Finally Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled." (Luke 21:24) - And so it was…
Where are the prophecies and miracles of Mohammad in the Koran, or any other major religion for that matter? You name the famous religious person, and what they will lack are miracles, predictive prophecy fulfilled, and prophecy from their own mouths coming to pass far in the future.
One thing is quite clear: there never was or will be anyone like Jesus. But I will concede that believing in Him is by faith alone, and cannot be tested in a lab. However, I truly believe that it takes more faith to be an atheist. The idea that the infinite universe is in need of no designer is so silly!!! If I told you that your car just spontaneously presented itself, with no causality, would you believe me? **
It would take more than one lifetime to thoroughly consider the evidence for the many thousands of religions (and only considering the most popular is not good enough). So this does not really work as a way of deciding what to believe, and it really all comes down to whether the evidence for Catholicism is enough to conclude that it is probably true.
**Take a look into the apparitions of Garabandal and the miracles of Damascus. Please explain to me how a girl from Damascus, among other things, could exude 100% olive oil from her skin, as per all the scientists that investigated the matter, or how the 4 little girls in Garabandal, when in ecstatic states, could have repeatedly defied the laws of nature and accurately returned 100’s of Rosary’s and crosses etc, each day, for 4 years, to the rightful owner, even though they had no idea from whom these items came. Would this be good enough evidence to convince you that Catholicism is probably true?
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Another argument I sometimes hear is that someone you know was sick and recovered after you prayed for them. The reason why this doesn’t work as evidence of God is that some people will inevitably recover whether you pray for them or not. What would provide evidence of God is a study showing that people receiving prayers recovered faster than those who did not. However, so far no properly conducted study has discovered a significant effect.
**Check out the miraculous healings Lourdes:
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I’m not saying that I’m immune from this, but when I find out that I made a bad argument, I figure out how to fix it or stop using it. So feel free to let me know if you think any of the arguments I just made are bad. Finally, I’m not trying to demean anyone; I’m just trying to figure out why people use bad arguments, and hopefully raise the level of debate so we can figure out which side has more support.
**Usually strong personal bias clouds reason and sound judgment… **
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