tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post5470713838159959542..comments2024-03-19T16:52:19.962+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: Miraculously made ill? An atheist who believes in miracles?Peter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-58051278002796395512010-08-03T19:39:37.437+12:002010-08-03T19:39:37.437+12:00Another interesting phenomenon is the number of mi...Another interesting phenomenon is the number of miraculous illnesses that occur when someone is about to be brought to trial! The ones that spring to mind include:<br />- Pinochet, excused from trial in UK on health grounds, then lived happily for a few years(?) in Chile before his death.<br />- Joh Bjelke-Petersen, former Premier of Queensland, who used Alzheimer's as a defense during corruption charges.<br />- Suharto in Indonesia, escaped trial on poor health grounds. <br />- Christopher Skase, Australian business tycoon who escaped to Majorca, Spain while wanted for fraud charges, and resisted extradition on health grounds. Did actually die of his illness, eventually.<br />In the New Testament, the only examples of miraculous death or illness I can think of are Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5, and Herod in Acts 12. Plenty more in the OT of course.Andrew Reidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-55666020285122512852010-08-03T17:46:50.373+12:002010-08-03T17:46:50.373+12:00No discernment, Peter? You are clearly no Muggle ....No discernment, Peter? You are clearly no Muggle ... Goff, Mallard, Clark, or a dark conventicle of all three: the plot thickens when I consider these participants. Still, I would not discount the influence of their atheistic opponent, as the key player.Howard Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822571103485207143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-23218417708310314352010-08-03T14:43:10.587+12:002010-08-03T14:43:10.587+12:00No, Howard, Key is not the practitioner, but a man...No, Howard, Key is not the practitioner, but a man of unexpected spiritual discernment. Whether it was Goff, Mallard, or, pulling the strings from New York, Clark who made Carter unwell or "unwell", I, a man of no discernment, cannot tell ...Peter Carrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-51707716340406826042010-08-03T14:38:51.948+12:002010-08-03T14:38:51.948+12:00Peter, do you really have be taught the basics?
1....Peter, do you really have be taught the basics?<br />1. Those who use miraculous means to make others ill are practitioners of The Dark Arts.<br />2. Such practitioners do not necessarily believe in the existence if God. In fact, their effectiveness would generally be hindered by such a belief.<br />3. Does our PM's remarkable ability to recognize the nature of such miraculous activity in this case indicate that he is himself such a practitioner, despite his sunny demeanour? You might well think so, but I could not possibly comment.Howard Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822571103485207143noreply@blogger.com