Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ASPRINGMAN@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU (DAYSPRING) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Healing Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 90 08:41:46 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Penn State University Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Dear Allen, I'm having trouble posting so could you post this for me? You may add your reply if you wish, or even not post it. It's up to you. Well, brother, I have to disagree with your doctrine about sickness. I don't disagree that we can get sick by sinning. I don't disagree that we can get well because of our faith. I disagree with your concept of the curse and how Jesus took it away. Christians die. Death was part of the curse. Christians experience pain during childbirth. That pain was part of the curse. I'm not sure sickness was part of the curse, but assuming it was, it is not a sure sign of sin or lack of faith. On a less biblical note, I have become healthy both during the time before I came to Christ and during periods of sin in my Christian walk. It was not my faith that healed me. It was pills, sleep, good food, and attention from my mother :) If asked, I will post what I think of Jesus' death in relation to the Old Testament and it's implications on healing. In Jesus, Andrew Andrew William Springman of Heaven. Temporary residence: Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 06457 Aspringman@Wesleyan.Bitnet or @Eagle.Wesleyan.Edu USA, Earth