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The Great Physician, Schraffie, has all kinds of physicians who go healing to those places, using their hands using what they have learned by diligent study of the materials extant, daily adding more information. We have different means these days to apply healing hands.
I agree that if you would like to use the liberal interpretation and say that the "laying on of hands" is the same as "using a scalpel with a hand", then it fits with what is really going on.
But that is not what faith or others are saying is happening.
OTOH, there are plenty of unbaptized, non-believing physicians who are "using their hands" in the way you describe and they are healing people, too.
Does that mean that the healings accomplished by unbaptized unbelievers are "signs" that the word of the Lord is with them?
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Do you really want to participate in the ridicule of the Christ?
I'm sure god doesn't have his feelings hurt like people do.
Anyway, I am hardly ridiculing Christ. I am simply pointing out that if one takes Mark 16 at face value, it seems quite clear, and that I wanted people who say they take the Bible at face value to explain why we don't see a general trend of believers who can do these fantastic things.
Not EVERY believer, regardless of what faith wants to think I think.
A general trend.