from http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/important.htm
Lets look at cancer and people who thinks that prayer has caused
cancer to be cured.
Unless you take the time to intelligently analyze this
situation, it looks ambiguous. God might have miraculously cured
your disease, as many Christians believe. But God might also be
imaginary, and the chemotherapy drugs and surgery are the things
that cured you. Or your body's immune system might have cured the
cancer itself.
When your tumor disappeared, in other words, it might simply
have been a complete coincidence that you happened
to pray. Your prayer may have had zero
effect.
How can we determine whether it is God or coincidence that
worked the cure? One way is to eliminate the ambiguity. In a
non-ambiguous situation, there is no potential for coincidence.
Because there is no ambiguity, we can actually know
whether God is answering the prayer or not.
That is what we are doing when we look at amputees.
Think about it this way. The Bible clearly promises that God
answers prayers. For example, in Mark 11:24 Jesus says, "Therefore
I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have
received it, and it will be yours." And billions of Christians
believe
these promises. You can find thousands of
books, magazine articles and
Web sites talking about the
power of prayer. According to believers, God is answering millions
of their prayers every day.
So what should happen if we pray to God to restore amputated
limbs? Clearly, if God is real, limbs should regenerate through
prayer. In reality, they do not.
