>>There is also a chance that the Bible is wrong.<<
Wrong or not, it sure is fascinating, no?
I have a friend from the church where I grew up whose father was in WW2. He was in North Africa, Anzio, Southern France, and fought overland around the edge of Switzerland into Germany before going home with his second wound.
He did have a couple of very interesting experiences, the kinds which men of faith often seem to relate.
In the first episode he was in the upper floor of an HQ building around Anzio and he heard a voice from below, "Come downstairs, Captain Isaac." He went down to talk to the Major and the Major said no one downstairs had called him. Just then some artillery rounds came in and they ducked into the basement. After the shelling they came out and the upper floor of the building was destroyed. There was shrapnel through the bed where he'd been resting.
Another time his driver was driving the jeep at night along a blacked out road. A voice came to the Captain, "STOP." He turned to the corporal and had him stop the Jeep. They got out and found that about 10 feet ahead the bridge was blown over a deep ravine.
This man was deeply Christian and his son explains these as miracles from Christ. On the other hand - we know the miracles happened - we don't know the source of them with certainty. Of course Captain Isaac knew the source, as does his son, but a skeptic would never be sure of exactly how such things work.
We have seen studies which show that prayer does have an effect on people and situations. Again it is a non sequitur to say that this phenomenon proves the virgin birth, death, and resurrection of Christ. In any case since we do know that prayer has an effect, hadn't we all better be careful where we let our minds wander? We should bless each other in our minds.
What would the world be like if we all prayed for the well-being of one another?
FWIW
Andy |
