Miracle or cheating

I believe that miracles can be achieved through our religious beliefs. However, I find it hard to believe that any one person can perform a miracle on another...especially when it comes to the laying of the hands on someone to cure them of illness. Of course, nobody believed that Jesus had that ability back when he walked on the earth. I think that we ALL have the ability to create our own miracle through our own deep beliefs.

Miracles in the Roman Catholic church is investigated first by the Vatican, before being declared a true miracle. If something not ordinary happens, people would considered it as a miracle already.

If you have ever had a real miracle happen to you then you will know it is not a magical trick! NO person can perform a miracle, miracles are a gift from God given to the receiver, to glorify God, to show others God's power, they are an answer to prayer for some. They cannot be explained if you do not believe in God. The only way you can be cheated is if you are paying a person to have God perform a miracle for you, then yeah, you are being cheated, but you are not being cheated by God but by the person claiming to be able to perform the miracle for $$. You do not need to pay a person to pray for you for a miracle you can pray yourself, ask others who believe in the power of prayer and are Christians to pray for you. Prayer is free, it is an act of faith and belief. Miracles are not powers given by God to certain people to perform for profit. They are a gift from God.

Yes I believe there are modern day miracles that occur all the time and I also believe in the laying on of hands to cure people. I also believe a lot of times people are using it for their own personal gain also. Even in the disciples time there was Simon the magician who tried to bribe the disciples and contended with the early church and caused a lot of grief for early believers from his tricks. Science (with quantum physics) is on the verge of understanding these things like never before I believe.

I can see this too in my city where people say or give impressions that they know many things and can do miracles also, I know someone who was got cheating in the name of God and this is really the worst way to earn from others.

They are simply cheating. Miracles occur all the time. The sun rises. Babies are born. Plants grow. But no on is MAKING them happen. They happen because of their nature.

Hi bodnath, Many years ago I read an article in either Life magazine or Time, I not sure which. Two journalist did an investigation into religious healing. After their study they found just places where there were real miracles that could not be explained in any other way. Thees were the Roman Catholic Shrines and in Christian Science. Blessings.

A miracle is pretty much defined as something good happening to you that was completely unexpected. It has to do with unknown and uncontrollable forces changing to your benefit. No one can control a "miracle" happening, but because they do from time to time, someone decides to take credit, and then they use this to cheat people.

Lot of people are utilising religious beliefs to make money. So they pretend to do miracles. Those people who actually are devoted to god and have some powers never show it out and try to attract the attention towards him.

Miracles were done by the prophets with the God's permission now we have no prohets to come.Todays miracles are not miralces they are just tricks.those who can worship created thing like idols etc instead of true god(who is unseen and has no shape or form) will easily belive the tricks as miracles.