...on Hayley Stevens and HOTS... again...

OK, so Hayley has posted this as her original and real reason for complaining about HOTS. As I read it I drew out 2 main reasons for her complaint...

"...no evidential basis..."

and

"...offer people false hope..."

Firstly can I say that she did go through an awfully traumatic experience that no doubt affects her life to this day and (I) thank God that she is still alive. I also applaud her statement..."I have nothing against Christians."

But to get back to her original 2 reasons.

 1. She has simply not seen any evidence and I wonder how much research she did into real authentic God-caused healing. Unfortunately, there is precious little evidence of God healing people because it is rarely done in a time and place where recording the healing reliably (video etc) is possible. And even if there is evidence, no doubt the skeptics would rebuff it for some reason or other (doctored video, unreliable camera angles etc). Christianity always comes down to 'faith', in the end it is simply a choice whether to believe or not and there will never be any scientific proof either way - that's the whole point of 'faith'! Hebrews 11:1 says "Now faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see."

2. HOTS has never offered anyone false hope. I just don't see how this is an issue. It is an offer of prayer rooted in the faith of the person doing the praying. I would have thought that if the person receiving the prayer doesn't believe in Christianity or even God, then they would put absolutely no hope at all in it's success!