VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Steve|DATE|1387277004|CONTENT|“Christian understanding” reminds me of the Everything is Politics lens that some people like to see the entire world through. Occasionally an obsession with a way of thinking is so large it channels people into what is actually an incredibly narrow viewpoint. Everything is not politics, neither is there a particular Christian understanding of real things.

Healing is very well understood, even the non-medical aspects like care and attention. The Christian understanding of healing led to almost no improvements in its first 1800 years, right up to the point where it was ignored. But the idea that the world is just carrying on understanding and improving healing with or without Christianity is anathema to the terminally devoted. And as for introducing an argument based on miracles – this is to fail to understand healing in any sense whatsoever.|IP-ADDRESS|217.36.222.79|MODERATIONFLAG|