Jennifer sent in this question:
Why is logic so much more superior to an emotional way of thinking? I was raised in Pentecostalism, and I always witnessed amazing miraculous acts – people getting “healed” right in front of me, speaking in tongues, and general “proof” as given by the Holy Spirit. What, is it all a [...]
Here’s the fraudulent, unfaithful Todd Bentley using painfully obvious cold-reading techniques:
It’s sad that people fall for that — they think God is telling him things when he’s just using the same old tricks that have been used by frauds and magicians for centuries.
Chase Kear’s odds were not good. He was pole vaulting when he fell on his head. Doctors said his brain was swelling and they would need to remove some of his skull. They feared either the surgery or an infection would kill him.
And yet, he survived.
A couple hundred years ago he would have been dead — doctors [...]
by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 7 of the Pillars of Faith series.
Empire of Miracles
He healed the sick, raised the dead, cast out demons, and said, Behold, I am coming quickly!
Jesus Christ?
Not this time. The Lord’s good buddy Oral Roberts, of course.
The Oklahoma-born Charismatic faith-healer Roberts had queues of thousands of sick waiting for his healing [...]
Dyan Puma thinks her faith is reasonable. So reasonable, in fact, that it should convince atheists that there is a God and Catholicism is the One True Religion.
Unlike most people of “faith,” she says she has actual evidence for a miracle. That’s quite a claim — let’s see what she’s got.
An Unreasonable Story
She starts off [...]
World Magazine, a conservative Christian publication, investigated Todd Bentley, the faith healer who attracted tens of thousands in Lakeland, FL. He was pulled from preaching in August 2008 due to an inappropriate relationship (how utterly shocking, right?). He then separated from his wife and remarried a few months later.
This is what World found out about some of [...]
The Virgin Mary has been discovered on a griddle in a Las Palmas restaurant and has been attracting worshippers. This is the caption for the above photo:
Lucha Libre wrestlers Renegado and Mr. Tempest look at an image of the Virgin Mary said to have appeared on a griddle at Las Palmas restaurant in Calexico. “I follow [...]
by Lorette C. Luzajic
Part 2 of the Pillars of Faith series.
The Wesley Family
John Wesley was a social activist, evangelist, denouncer of “witchcraft” and a man who claimed he had raised the dead.
He was born an Anglican in 1703. The family lived in a rural village in England, where they were in the ministry, helping orphans [...]
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