Replies to '01/05 "Am I Cursed?"'

I totally agree with you that diseases such as Graves Disease or other medical diseases are not demons but that doesn't mean that someone cannot be cured from them supernaturally either.  I have heard and seen "mircles" in my own life.  I had a friend with inoperable brain cancer who was suddenly healed.  Her doctors were stunned.  We had prayed for her for a long time and I believe in God and His healing power.  Now on the other hand, I have a son with cerebral palsy and autism that I have also prayed for and have not received healing in that case.  Now about the case of demonic possession in the Bible were Jesus drives the demons out of a man and into a pig, that man was not having a grand mal seizure, I think you have your stories confused.  In this story, Jesus and his disciples cross the sea of Galilee and when they arrive, a man who was possessed with many demons runs up to Jesus, bows at his feet, proclaims Him the most High God and asks not to be sent to the abyss, so Jesus sends the demon called "legion" meaning many into the pigs who immediately run down a steep embankment and drown in the sea.  This man was speaking, and bowing, not having a seizure.  Afterwards the man was cured which terrified the heathen living in that land and they immediately ask Jesus to leave.  By the way, Luke was a physcian and would have known what a seizure was, maybe not how we know it but he would have described a seizure as at least the man shaking and foaming at the mouth.  Not the case in this story.  Good try though.  By the way, there is nothing in the Bible that states "God helps those who help themselves".  This is a quote from Benjamin Franklin, not the Bible.  I do believe God has given wisdom and science to us to help us and we should seek out that knowledge and help when we need it.  Take care Shannon