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This appears to be a popular question amongst skeptics, and at face value it seems to have some merit. If God really does answer prayer - particularly prayer for healing - you might expect that there would be a few more well documented cases of amputees being healed. Given the Biblical account in Luke 22:50-51 of the man whose severed ear was restored, isn't it odd that God doesn't do similar things today?

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-1 I think this question needs a little work. It's unclear what is being asked. Are you asking why God doesn't heal amputees? Or are you asking IF he heals amputees? Or are you ranting? The last sentence is phrased very much like the FAQ example of what NOT to ask... "____ sucks, am I right?" – Flimzy Aug 30 '11 at 8:40
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I think that this has strong potential of being a good question. I almost edited myself, but I realized I would be adding too much. Please change this to something more like "Are there any recorded instances of God healing an amputee today?" and specifically asking for biblical times to be excluded. (This has potential, but as it is, it's not a good question.) – Richard Aug 30 '11 at 12:46
This might be a good question for a discussion forum. Christianity SE should try and steer clear of a lot of "Why doesn't God do [X]" and other random imponderables. Questions should represent real problems and questions about Christianity, not just imponderables, hypotheticals, or requests for opinions and discussion. @Richard was right; A question asking perhaps for documented examples of [X] from the bible. But, as asked, this is a bit of a rant along the lines of "Why does God let bad things happen to good people?" Good question, just not a good match for this site. – Robert Cartaino♦ Aug 30 '11 at 15:24
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whywontgodhealamputees.com is the source of this question - and as far as one can call atheists solid, its a pretty solid formulation of atheist questions. I'm not saying (a) there aren't good answers to the question or even (b) that it should be re-opened- but I thought it would be worth pointing out why it may have been raised. – Affable Geek Dec 8 '11 at 19:01

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The only account of modern day limb restoration healing I am aware of involved Smith Wigglesworth:

Surely one of the most remarkable cases of a miracle was when Smith was staying at the home of a curate of the Church of England. The man with whom he was staying had no legs. Smith suddenly said to the man, "Go and buy a new pair of shoes in the morning." a most astounding thing to say to someone with no legs. No doubt thinking Smith was totally insane the curate retired to bed, and then the Lord spoke to him saying " Do as my servant hath said."

The curate rose early the next morning and was waiting at the shoe store when the manager arrived to open up. Upon entering the store he was approached by the assistant who asked if he could help him. The curate replied he would like a pair of shoes. The assistant realising the condition of the man hesitated, before replying that they could not help him, obviously referring to his condition.. The curate seeing his dilemma said: "I would like a pair of black shoes, size eight please." The assistant returned with the shoes and as he put his one stump into the shoe a foot and leg instantly formed. The same thing happened with his other leg.

Source: SermonIndex.net

However, I have no other evidence backing this up.

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-1 This does not answer the question at all. – Pacerier Sep 3 '11 at 2:56

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