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In this article, the writer examines the HBO documentary 'A Question of Miracles' made by Anthony Thomas. Through this study of the film, the writer discusses contemporary faith healing and the role religious belief may have on the treatment of disease.

From the Paper
While filming this HBO documentary, filmmaker Anthony Thomas traveled around the world, interviewing faith healers and people who believe their health had been miraculously restored because of their faith in God. Most of the film focuses on two men who claim to be successful faith healers, Benny Hinn and Reinhard Bonnke."

Tags:question, of, miracles

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This paper discusses how "A Question of Miracles" examines contemporary faith healing and the role religious belief may have on the treatment of disease. It looks at how filmmaker Anthony Thomas traveled around the world, interviewing faith healers and people who believe their health had been miraculously restored because of their faith in God. Most of the film focuses on two men who claim to be successful faith healers, Benny Hinn and Reinhard Bonnke.

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"A Question of Miracles reveals why faith healing, despite the fraudulent aspects of it, can work to a certain extent in some people, at least temporarily, for scientists and theologians agree that short-term recoveries during or after a faith healing session can occur because of psychosomatic conditions. In cases of arthritis, for example, which is manifested by inflammation of the joints, a faith healer's inciting of powerful emotions in a person hoping to be cured can trigger the release of natural opiates in their brain, which can bring a temporary release from arthritic pain and convince them they have been healed. "

Tags:Benny, Hinn, Reinhard, Bonnke, faith, healers

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This paper reviews and analyzes C. S. Lewis' book, "Miracles". The paper contends that, although highly readable for a text of its kind, "Miracles" is not an easy or facile read. Rather, it poses many questions that are difficult to reason through even when following Lewis' reasoning process. The paper also maintains that, because this book is based on unfinished research and because it lays the pathway for following historical proofs rather than arguing them, it does not always present any clear conclusions.

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"C. S. Lewis was a prolific Christian writer. He is perhaps best known for his series of books included in "The Chronicles of Narnia". His reach extends far beyond that of those books, however. The book "Miracles" is a good demonstration of why his work is so popular, even many years after his death. Although the book is a deep discussion of many philosophical ideas, it remains highly readable for someone who enjoys such topics. Lewis does not use what has now become the traditional warm and fuzzy "feel good" method of discussion that so many books use today. Instead, his work uses logical arguments to explain his perspective on the topic of miraculous works."

Tags:lewis, miracles, christianity

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The paper shows Hume's opinion that life after death does not exist, and neither do miracles. The writer discusses the influence Hume had on Kant and the differences between them. In conclusion, the writer explains how Hume protects himself from criticism of the church by stating that religion is founded on faith, and not on reason. The writer posits that the reason Hume left the Presbyterian seminary was because he knew he could not positively answer the final question before ordination: "Do you believe in God?"

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"But how does Hume know that no one has ever been seen alive after having been seen to be dead? After all, there are plenty of reports of raisings from the dead in the Bible. Presumably Hume thinks all those reports are false. But how does he know that? It looks as if he is saying that they must be false because miracles just don't happen. In this case what Hume is using is circular logic. Miracles don't happen because there are no such things as miracle thus miracles can't happen.

"Hume puts no faith in human testimony either. In his opinion no amount or quality of human testimony could be sufficient to outweigh the negative evidence. He seems close to saying that you can know in advance, and without looking at any of the favorable evidence, that all miracle reports are false "

Tags:immanuel, kant, religion, presbyterian, faith, christianity

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This paper discusses what happened economically in East Asia from the 1950s onward. The writer remarks that the East Asian miracle, as it is often called, is easy to describe, but hard to explain since the pathways to development on the part of the Tigers of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, and the Newly Industrializing Economies (NIEs) of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, and the latest-developing countries of Vietnam and China are as numerous as the countries in question. Moreover, the growth was by no means linear, but occurred in waves and spurts, and backpaddled and sidestepped at times. Its rate, however, was unparalleled. Various theories that purported to explain this phenomenon are discussed, such as the "flying geese" perspective, the neo-classical approach, and the world systems theory. However, the rapid rise of East Asia led to an even faster downfall in what is known as the Asian Financial Crisis. The paper concludes that to call East Asia's fast economic growth a miracle is overblown, since its subsequent crisis shows the cyclical nature of the globe's economies.

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"What was most deserving of the moniker 'miraculous' was not the kind of development experienced, but its rate. Most of the world's developed nations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw relatively consistent and slow industrialization. Such industrialization and development happened in the magnitude of a century, while each successive wave of development in Asia happened in a decade or so. In addition, overall inequality decreased for each country - the new wealth was getting spread . The speeding up of the process of development and that inequality also went concurrently down, are, in essence, the main components of its miraculous nature."

Tags:developmental dependency hegemony, Cold War, cycle innovation trading export-driven, World Bank

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In this article, the writer discusses what defines a miracle. The writer questions if one could ever know that a miracle had occurred and whether miracles prove God's existence. This is an objective discussion (and the writer is not Christian, and not atheist either) in the context of Christianity with reference to readings from Hume and Thornton.

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"A woman leaves an end of year Christmas party alone and is driving down the highway when someone cuts in front of her causing her to lose control and flipping the car several times onto the side of the road before landing upside down. The woman leaves the scene with only minor cuts and bruises. Is this a miracle? She may well deem it to be so. How is it possible to prove though that God had actively and supernaturally projected her from harm? Hume narrows the definition of a miracle to exclude these sorts of coincidental events. It could also be seen as a consequence of the alcohol in her blood stream on one hand reducing her reflexes to the point of being unable to avoid the other car, yet at the same time making her body loose and limp enough to withstand being tossed around and not incur serious injuries and concussion."

Tags:miracles, god, religion, believers, witnesses

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This paper answers a question. How does Jesus express God? Jesus did not divide himself into three different parts: the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus continually reflected the wishes of his Father. Jesus expressed God in many ways beginning with many of the miracles he performed continuing with the love and mission Jesus had on earth.

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The Ways Jesus Expresses God Looking at a little child and comparing the child's features to his father will show similar features. They may have the same eyes or perhaps the same dimple. They may both be short or tall. They may have the same hair coloring. A child can often be seen as an expression of the father. This was true for Jesus. Jesus was born as a human, but he was also God. In the Bible Jesus often referred to the unity he had with God and the Holy Spirit ("The Trinity" 7). Jesus did not divide himself into three different parts: the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus continually reflected the wishes of his Father. Jesus expressed God in many ways

Tags:catholic, jesus, god

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This paper explains that philosophies of religion are divided into theistic, which argues in favor of the existence of God and atheistic, which denies the existence of God. The author points out that the theistic philosophies include teleological, cosmological, ontological, moral and arguments, arguments related to self-interest such as Pascal's "wager" and arguments rooted in the experience of miracles and in religious experience. The paper relates that atheistic refutations include the primary supposition that the burden of proof rests with the theist, that evil exists and that there is a conflict between divine omnipotence and human free will.

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"The cosmological argument in favor of the existence of God is similar in that it points to the physical universe as proof of God's existence. However, the cosmological argument seeks for an ultimate cause of creation. The primary objection to the cosmological argument raises the issue of the ultimate cause: if everything in the cosmos has a causal force, then what, if anything, can cause God? Some cosmological arguments are temporal in nature, that is, they refer to the nature time when determining the cause of creation. Because it is theoretically possible that God has no cause and is a causeless force or being, the cosmological argument cannot actually prove that God exists, only that God is one possible cause of the universe."

Tags:theistic, atheistic, cosmological, evil, burden-of-proof

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This paper examines the number of systematic steps in solution focused brief therapy (SFBT), which is based on a sustained client relationship rather than the problem itself. The author points out that Steve de Shazer designed the therapy to focus on patient's previous experiences, methods and means of problem solving. The paper explains that, in SFBT, the patient and therapist establish a relationship based on knowledge learned through questions and interviewing during sessions held to establish goals for treatment. The author relates that a miracle question is used in the therapy to assist the patient in evaluating thinking habits and to offer a solution based on alternative circumstances.

From the Paper
"Scaling questions are very effective when working with children. Children are very visually motivated so the use of visual aids helps the child in placing images with their thoughts and words. The third type of question is known as the "exception finding questions'. The thoughts of SFBT teach that when a problem occurs in an individual life that there is always an exception. The therapist attempts to have the patient find the exception, or circumstances and specific happenings that surround the problem. The importance of understanding the "exceptions" of the problem is that the patient can compare and change the events for the future."

Tags:goals, steps, mediator, school, miracle

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The biggest question that Christians can be asked or ask themselves is what evidence do you have and what reassurance can you give that Christ was actually God? Saints have miracles attributed to them as Christ did, but they are not God. Jesus is considered to have been a prophet by the Jews. Jesus was unquestionably a man. So, what can be used to demonstrate his existence, the justification for faith in him rather than in the God of the Hebrews? It is, for the Christian, the Resurrection that cements belief. It is the Resurrection, the moving of the rock, and the disappearance of the Body of Christ, followed by His reappearance, that proves his divinity to the Christian. While Lazarus was raised from the dead, he did not do so of his own accord. Christ, however, was released from his mortal body; thus freed to return to his state as the Deity. It is the purpose of this paper to explore the Resurrection and its significance as the single most important event for the Christian faith.