Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mangoe@tove.cs.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Dave Dravecky Miracle Message-ID: Date: 30 Jun 91 19:11:17 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 21 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Tim Ames writes: >I just read last Thursday that ex-Giant baseball player Dave Dravecky was >going to have his pitching arm amputated because of continuing medical >problems. >Wasn't that the arm that was 'miraculousy' healed of cancer last year ? No. First, of all, the problem wasn't cancer per se, but another kind of growth which is locally very destructive but not malignant. The growth was removed, and we had the comeback, but as is unfortunately the usual case, it reappeared. If there was ever a miracle, it was a Sports Illustrated miracle, not a Vatican miracle. Dravecky was certainly grateful for the comeback, but that's not the same thing. -- C. Wingate + "How blest are they who have not seen, + and yet whose faith has constant been, mangoe@cs.umd.edu + for they eternal life shall win. tove!mangoe + Alleluia!"