More On Why God Won't Heal Amputees

I recently blogged on the very interesting question, that I had never really focused on before: "Why won't god heal amputees?". That is, why is it that when people pray for miracles to occur, it is always something like curing a disease, or receiving some money, or something like that? Why don't we ever see miracles in which the prayers of amputees have been answered? And to the extent people don't pray for amputees to have their limbs miraculously return (or grow new like a starfish can do), why not?

Well, tonight I discovered a website with the name WhyWon'tGodHealAmputees.com. There is some very interesting content here, including chapter five of the online book at this site. This page has lots of good material, including the following that gives other examples that are just as powerful as the example of amputees:

Amputees are not the only ones either. For example:

• If someone severs their spinal cord in an accident, that person is paralyzed for life. No amount of prayer is going to help.
• If someone is born with a congenital defect like a cleft palate, God will not repair it through prayer. Surgery is the only option.
• A genetic disease like Down Syndrome is the same way -- no amount of prayer is going to fix the problem.

Or what about this. What if we get down on our knees and pray to God in this way:

Dear God, almighty, all-powerful, all-loving creator of the universe, we pray to you to cure every case of cancer on this planet tonight. We pray in faith, knowing you will bless us as you describe in Matthew 7:7, Matthew 17:20, Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:24, John 14:12-14, Matthew 18:19 and James 5:15-16. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

Then I went further and checked out some of the videos from this same group at YouTube. Several are interesting, but this one is the most relevant here. It is called "10 Questions That Every Intelligent Christian Must Answer". The first of the 10 questions is why doesn't god heal amputees?, and then other key questions follow. The people who wrote the script for this video (and the others they produced) sure don't pull any punches!