the best Christmas story I have heard all year..yeah for this wonderful, beautiful family...Merry Christmas!!

always know God knows what he is doing,,,God is in charge aman............

That is the spirit of God it just show you if you believe anything is possible. God works in so many different ways, God bless all of you and Merry Christmas.

yes it is divine and its called
God cuz thats how he workes (backstages) when no body sees anything
but he is there looking up for all of us
merry christmas God bless you

What a wonderful story. My granddaughter is 9 years old and was diagnosed May 18th with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and I pray for her every day hoping God listens to my prayers. She has just lost all her hair so she is losing her positive attitude. She has had many blood transfusions and goes back and forth to the hospital for her treatments. This story has given me hope and I am sure my granddaughter Kayla will be another happy story.

Love this story, im 27 years old, i am the 4th oldest of 11 kids, my older sister who just turned 30 this year in October, passed away in September of bone cancer. But she was actually diagnosed with a muscle disease at the age of 5 years old. From all the way to that age to the day she passed, our memory of her was nothing but going to Hospitals, she couldnt physically come home with us due to her having a stroke at the age of 19 at home in las vegas, and was in a coma for about 3 weeks, when she woke up, she lost all her long term and short term memory. A few years later at the age of 26, she was then diagnosed with bone cancer, leuchemia, atheritis, and diabetes. she has been one of the utmost lovable person that my family was blessed to have as a sister. We miss her, but know she is up there with good man above. She continues to remind us no matter what struggles we have in life, to always overcome it and continue to move on and do better, because their are more people who have/had the same thing as her that cant do much...but anyhow...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Praise GOD for this wonderful family and the miracle HE performed!

I am happy they were able to beat this cancer. I have a problem with the "faith" comment. It implies that those without faith are the ones that die. That is just wrong.

Me from INDIA Really Brave Father & Brave Mother Salute to you MOM & DAD and really Brave Father & Mother Can give birth to Child like Blase. My All Good wishers for wonderful Family. R K SAWHNEY, VRITTA, PURVANGI, DHRITI & YAJAT From DELHI INDIA. LOVE YOU MAY GOD GIVE U GOOD HEALTH

Love miracle stories. My mom was a given a similar incurrable diagnosis. We must trust in our creator when these types of situations come. Doctors are limited. They are humans created by the creator. God is not limited. Jeremiah 32:27 I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. There is indeed nothing to difficult for me. Isaiah 65:24 Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear. I am praising God for the miracle for your son!!!!

to you daniel g koller, you should watch the movie a walk to remember and listen to the reason why god lets there be suuffering.

As wonderful as is this story, there are plenty of us who have traveled the same path, had as much trust and faith, had a child as deserving of life as did this child. But my little girl died from leukemia despite her faith and the love of her family. To suggest any higher power would choose one over another little ball of sweetness......Well, you've slapped the faces of the families and the children, thousands of children each year. I imagine God does not care for such a reputation. Cancer is organic, capable of responding to treatments, capable of spontaneous remissions and also, capable of killing the best of humans.

DANIEL G. KOLLER has got it right. when someone is cured it's always, "praise god!" but if they die it's, "oh it was just their time." no one ever thanks the DOCTORS who have dedicated their lives to make people well. when bad things happen, "oh it wasn't the work of god, it was the work of satan." no. it was the work of MAN.

This is to DANIEL G. KOLLER:
And how do you know? Did you ever see "Air", do you believe it exists? Well it does or you'd be dead. GOD don't take lives that we know of. Everybody has free will to do as they want.... so some psycho decides to take the lives of the innocent and you want to blame GOD? Are you sick? Is it just a coincidence that the earth floats in the middle of nothing and is just perfectly placed from the sun to keep us alive? Just like the air you breath, that just happened to be here so we could live, right? Go get some mental help before you tell this grateful family that their prayers didn't help!!! It helped them!
It might not help you because you have no faith!!! Think of the little miracles in life and try to figure them out first before you try and think of a bigger miracle. So I guess you don't believe Jesus made a blind person see again? How come he didn't heal everyone? Well if you ever meet him ask him! Merry Christmas Genius!

Dan, Don't take away there faith.I hope nothing like this happens to you. Who will you pray to.

Until you have a Child, sibling, parent who is battling this horrible disease you will pray for a miracle. And those 20 children are being taken care of by my childless sister (Love you Ro) in heaven who died of this horrible disease at 21 years old. Have a Merry Christmas. Thank God he was healed and I can just image how close all of you are now.

@ Daniel G. Koller,
Wow! How sad your plight of not knowing the God of ultimate love. The Byrd family and what they and their son walked through is far from mere "chance," and it certainly cannot be accredited to any gods. I pray that your soul be healed of trauma that you have experienced; I pray that this same God that you reject become so real to you that you fall on your face and receive His healing love that sets every captive free! I pray that you embrace revelation that would otherwise surprise even you, that this same God that you hurl false accusations at is very much interested in bringing you to a place of understanding. You see, you too, sir need healing in the worst way. While you dress up very well on the outside, there is and has been something terribly off balance and misplaced on the inside. You want to act as if you have never thought about this God that you so flippantly accuse. Here's the thing: He loved you when you were seeking and searching for the real thing, and even though you made choices to shut the door when he extended an invitation to you, He still loves you! That is just how profound His love for His children is. My, how His heart aches to hear your accusations against Him, when all he has ever done is protect you, and attempted to save you from yourself. Your fear of not measuring up extends far beyond your today, and admitting that is the beginning of restoration for you.
HisGrace4Me!

I think the lesson here is YOU need to get REAL. Do you really think our God had nothing to do with this miracle? What if that had been your child? Would you have thought about praying? I do hope ao, and so would your child. God does make miracles happen. Yes the loss of those innocent children was a horrific loss to everyone, but I thank God for the children and adults that WERE saved. We all have been given a will of our own, the mentally ill cannot at times, use their best judgement, and many do not have a relationship with God only the devil, sad to say. Maybe if and when you or your loved ones are in need of God and prayers, I do hope you turn to him - sounds like you need it. it is sad you are oblivious to this true miracle. just the fact that this child is alive today is a true miracle, he was in God's hands and watched over by angles. I pray for you and your lack of faith in our God. Merry CHRISTmas to you and your family, hope they are all safe and healthy. I thank God for that. S.

I think the lesson here is YOU need to get REAL. Do you really think our God had nothing to do with this miracle? What if that had been your child? Would you have thought about praying? I do hope so, and so would your child. God does make miracles happen. Yes the loss of those innocent children was a horrific loss to everyone, but I thank God for the children and adults that WERE saved. We all have been given a will of our own, the mentally ill cannot at times, use their best judgement, and many do not have a relationship with God only the devil, sad to say. Maybe if and when you or your loved ones are in need of God and prayers, I do hope you turn to him - sounds like you need it. it is sad you are oblivious to this true miracle. just the fact that this child is alive today is a true miracle, he was in God's hands and watched over by angles. I pray for you and your lack of faith in our God. Merry CHRISTmas to you and your family, hope they are all safe and healthy. I thank God for that. S.

I'm pretty sure hardly anyone, especially the affected family, cares if your 'comfortable' with their faith in 'their' God. Their faith brought healing - it worked for them. Let it go. As for your comment about those 20 kids and their educators that were killed, you have a valid point. I have the same questions you have re: where was God to prevent this - or any other - tragedy. I don't have a satisfactory answer, but, then, neither does anyone else. I'm just happy for this family that their child is apparently cured. I wish them well.

So, how do you explain it? Just an accident? God is real and he loves you just as he loves this little child and all the children who died in Connecticut. Did he create Adam who shot all these people? Yes, but he also gives us free will because he WANTS us to chose him as our Savior. To trust that Jesus Christ is the son of God who died on the cross for our sins. He died for all our sins. All we have to do is believe and accept Jesus Christ into our hearts and lives. Is it simple after that? No. We are human afterall and make choices and decisions everyday. But, as your relationship begins with Christ, you desire to know him more and to live a life pleasing to him. There is no chance -- you either know Jesus Christ as your Savior and will spend eternity with him in Heaven or you will be in hell for eternity. But God does give us a choice. As for Adam, he chose his path. God did not make him shoot all those people. God does not control us like robots. He is grieving as we all are.

Sometimes it's better to just let people have their faith and joy instead of forcing your own philosophies upon them. I would say the same thing to a religious person trying to force their beliefs upon someone with no faith. People just need to learn to let each other live their lives, with or without religion, and stop the judging. As long as people's beliefs don't hurt anyone else, what's the point in taking away their happiness?

Our God was mourning right beside us when evil came to Conneticut. Our God was right beside this little boy who now lives to tell his story. I have prayed for you to open your eyes and find God and you too may see the miracles that happen around you every day. We may never understand why bad things happen in life but it is our faith in God that will bring us through it.

You know it seems like you are speaking from YOUR definition of GOD. GOD could be somewhat different than just a being. Have you ever felt that GOD could be everything, and the entire Universe, and all things beyond. So one telling their meager idea of what GOD is, is suffering from some illusion that one has got the entire Universe and beyond figured out.

I can't understand why there are so many people that do not believe in a LIVING GOD. How do you think the earth was formed and moves in the atmosphere so perfectly with the Moon, Sun and the stars? Can you imagine what your body and mind would be like if it had not been CREATED by a Higher Power? There is the perfect amount of oxygen in the air for you to breathe, if there was not enough you would die and if there was to much you would die. The gravity that was created so your feet would stay on the ground and you would not float aimlessly in the air. God does not force anyone to serve him but he gave you a free will to make a choice of where you will spend eternity. Why would anyone want to spend eternity in a place of torment? IF I am wrong, which I do not think I am, and there is no Heaven I have lost nothing, But if there is a Heaven to gain and you do not believe in God or Heaven, YOU HAVE LOST EVERYTHING. Have a good, God Bless and Have a Very Merry Christmas. MAY YOU ASK CHRIST TO LIVE IN YOUR HEART THIS CHRISTMAS.

Mr. Koller: The fool says there is no God. Just look at the entire universe around you...Examine it with truth and you will HAVE to come to the conclusion there is an Almighty God who made it all. Regrettably, you will someday stand before God and He will call you a fool and give you just reward for your choices in this life...By the way, God made llittle babies and He, ultimately, is The One in control. To God death is just a bridge to judgement and eternal life, or death. Those 20 babies are in His arms now, and we don't yet know all the good that will result from that incident...Wait before you condemn. Anyone who does not recognize God and submit to His laws will be judged, and if that person has not accepted His free gift of eternal live through Jesus Christ, will be condemned. Children are sinnless and as such are admitted without conditions. May God show you His way. I will pray for you. As one of God's creation, I love you and care for you.
Doug

Ditto
Years ago, in Califonia an 18 yo girl had a leukemia to which no donor was found. She was dying so the doctors/researchers encouraged her parents to conceive another child. They did donor testing on the baby in-utero and she was a match. This is how it leaked in to the press. This was rare to test an unborn baby as a donor. Once the baby was born, they did a bone marrow transplant and the sick 18yo sister was "cured" and went on to marry and live a full life.. This was the doctors' innovative technique & treatment of a terminal illness. Faith works if you believe but how about all the other kids and adult deaths from cancers and other diseases who also had faith? Where was the divine intervention? It's selective blessing by an all-loving god.

His hand is NOT short. He never advertises the miracles He performs so that men don,t run to him selfishly motivated. In the not to distant future He will fulfill all His promises such as, (Isaiah 33:24) 24 And no resident will say: “I am sick.. . .and (Revelation 21:4) . . .And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
Just because some seem to be ale to explain some happenings as scientific "natural" phenomena does not mean GOD didn't use the physical laws He created to accomplish it. For those who think there is no god - better read Psalms 14:1; that is the fourteenth Psalm verse one. Written and recorded and documented some twenty four hundred years ago.

Mr Koller I'm sorry that you feel the way youdo about God and Miracles. I can understand when you question "Where was God when he got this terrible disease?" or another great question is "Why does God allow bad things to happen?" These questions are as old as religion itself, and its a stumbling block for some of us and many more at given moments of tradgedy. There are as many Answers to these questions as there are people who care to engage in theological dialogue. One understanding is that yes, God allows "bad" things to happen; God does no "cause" them to happen. God has given free-will to all people. We are not enslaved or bounded, but Free to do as we wish, however...God did give us Ten Commandments for Living, to live a good andprosperous life. Man didn't or wouldn't live by those commandments, thus suffering the reprecussions of not doing do. So Sin plagues the world, powerful forces loose in theworld, forces of evil, disease and death. That doesnt mean God doesnt love us, because he does, very very much. When bad things happen , God loves us and grieves with us in our pain.

How dare you speak to these people this way. Your comment is merely a statement of your belief, or lack thereof. You have less proof of your position than they do of theirs. They are backed up by thousands of years of recorded history. I will pray for you, Merry Christmas.

Where was GOD when those children got killed? Incase you don't remember the government voted God out of School. He is not allowed in our schools anymore. We keep taking God out of everything and America is going downhill. When we were One Nation Under God things were much better then they are now. God does preform miracles. This boy was very lucky to have Christian parents to pray for him. Yes the doctors play a crucial part. But in the long run GOD is incharge like it or not !!!!

Daniel G. Koller: My God is alive; sorry about yours. Oh, and by the way, you are wrong. Only one God, not gods. And to answer your question about Connecticut (which, Mr. Koller, is not unique. Most godless men and women cite the same things over and over, ad nauseum), God gave us free will (which that person A.L. had). Just as you make choices for good or bad, that "man" had the same rights. God does not want followers who love Him because they fear Him or were forced to. This is Sunday. I suggest you call upon whatever you conceive God to be ... and thank Him, especially if you're having a good day. And I'm sure this family would want to tell you God was there when their "beautiful child developed this cancerous process and suffered so much." His suffering was to have you ask that question today and for me to answer it. And there is another Who suffered just for you. I think you know His name: Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty Lord, the Everlasting Lover, the Prince of Peace. He goes by the initials J.C. God bless you! By the way, if you ever say "Jesus Christ" or "God damn it" in anger, you are a hypocrite, sir, because you don't believe. By the way, I never check my responses, so don't bother. I've heard it all before! And it's not happy holiday, it's Merry Christmas. I think you've heard about that holyday before.

The majority of those responding to Daniel Koller's post have taken a faith-based position (belief without tangible evidence), necessitating a rejection of any contradicting fact-based position (tangible scientific evidence). The First Amendment freedom of religion stance in the USA encourages us to respect and even support this truly unscientific approach for the explanation of ostensibly extraordinary events, indeed for the laws that support all of exstence. In this family's story, religion appeared to be complementary to their full use of scientific medicine. The majority of religious apologists might not be so accepting of those more extreme fundamentalist families who reject all scientific medicine, and instead depend on prayer alone to effect a cure for a usually fatal disease. But the greatest harm of allowing unsupported religious convictions to trump our rapidly growing body of supported scientific facts is that in our nation it has led to an epidemic of failed critical thinking, and has substituted emotionally loaded evidence-and-reason-starved faulty belief systems to guide our public policies and politics. Even our religion-based moral codes have become defective when weighed against conscientious secular moral codes which are unencumbered by sometimes detrimental strictly faith-based religious convictions. The fundamentalist beliefs extant in this thread are of much more serious concern that those expressing them are willing to contemplate.

Daniel G. Koller, you have a right to your opinion and I have a right to mine.
It's fine you believe in nothing. I have the choice to believe in something. When both my brothers died from Muscular Dystrophy, I had to believe there was a reason why I was still here. It took a long time, but in 2006, my daughter gave birth to a healthy boy, with no Muscular Dystrophy.
So you have a happy holiday, too.

Until we all have a full understanding of Who God is, how He operates and how His original design for mankind and this universe is, until we recognize that because of sin we have deviated from the original design by God wherein this entire universe operates which is the Law of Love, we will continue to blame God for everything that goes wrong and never give Him credit for being the merciful Father that He is. His desire is ALWAYS to restore mankind to its original design which is a harmonious life with Him and each other, anything outside of that will always lead to death and decay. For example if we decide that we are going to withhold our carbon dioxide and not give it to the plants, what would happen to us? naturally we would the plants would die and we to would die if the plants decide not to give us their oxygen. God's design protocol is based love "selfless" love and when we go outside of that we cause things to be out of order of the original design. Disease was not a part of His design, and so if it is not it must be something that was put out of order that causes disease to exist. We need a better understanding of God and what His original design was and how He is and continues to try and restore us to the original plan. Hence He sent His Son to restore us to Himself.

Daniel....did you not realize God is not allowed in our schools!!! Had God been in our schools just maybe there wouldnt of been 20 students and 6 adults killed. God isnt the reason why those children and adults were killed.. A troubled person who had access to several gun was the reason. Dont say God isnt the reason, God is the reason this family overcame the unthinkable!

Daniel,
hello, what can one learn after heatbreak it hurts there are no answers and why, why did it happen to my love one. Like our parents who are not perfect their ways to help us to grow seem mean and hurtful .
I know no one who has no hurt in their life. Prayer helps us to try to center us in time and yes it can take years.
Faith , God of many faces does not strike down and does not stop life from happening because of sin. That is why we have his son who sufferred tremedously before death. There is Grace in prayer it is life, were only here for so long and yes it hurts to find our humanly answers but faith helps our souls to persevere life. I'm sure you would not want to blamed for things you did not do. Good luck to you.

God didn't kill those lovely children at Sandy Point, a man with guns did. We are not puppets, we are given free will, to do good or evil. Why does God save some children from disease and not others? We have no way of knowing. The only thing of which we can be sure is that God answers prayers, whether the answer is yes or no. The other thing He promised is that we would all die. Sooner or later. The third thing He promised is that there would be suffering and poverty, always.
The best thing He promised that no matter how long or short our life on Earth is, that it would be but a blink compared to eternity.

Daniel it seems you might have experienced something painful that has shattered your faith in God. Have you ever thought about the universe in which we live? Do you know why our planet earth continues to rotate at precisely the right speed to maintain it's position? Or why the moon and sun have continous cycles of day and night? Or perhaps why our trees give off oxygen and use the carbon dioxide we exhale? Everything that happens was not created by the hand of man. The Bible tells us that God knew us while in the womb. While God dictated to men what to write years ago. it's accuracy in the latter books of the Bible is hard to dispute. It talks about nation being against nation, floods and famine and pestilence and disease. The very things that are happening today. This was written thousands of years ago. You ask "Where was your God?" Or why do we hold him blameless when tragedy happens? Mankind is imperfect but there was a time when we were not. Adam and Eve were created in Gods likeness and were given direction from God when placed in the Garden of Eden. You may eat the fruit of any of the trees except for one, the tree of life located in the center of the garden. When Eve ate fruit from that tree and gave some to Adam who also partook of the fruit that sin was born. And with that came pain in giving birth, disease, and the pain of losing someone in death. Jesus died for all of us, for forgiveness of our sins. Let us remember him on his birthday. Merry Christmas!

Jennifer M,
Actually, God is allowed in school. Students have the right to pray or conduct prayer meetings in school as an extracurricular activity...which is as it should be. There is a separation of church and state in this country, and prayer doesn't belong in the classroom unless it's a private, religiously afiliated school. But God has in no way been banned. And are you really saying you believe in a God who is so petty that he just looks the other way when 26 people are gunned down, because he's mad the classrooms don't pray?

You ask where was God? He has been banned from our schools, our public places and in all public discourse. God is polite and does not go where He is not welcome.

You must have said something right to get all these Jesus freaks to throw a conniption. Bravo Mr. Koller!

I was taught as a child "If you have nothing good to say, say nothing". Why did you even write??? Just believe in what happened for this family.

There have been thousands of ideas about what a Creator is like and what he wants us to do. The reason there are so many is that there is no proof of any one being true. Sure it would be nice to believe that Someone Very Powerful is on our side and loves us, but it is not a rational belief. It’s superstition; wishful thinking.

My great-niece (also diagnosed at age 4) survived cancer of the bone marrow also – no faith or superstition or praying was involved. Like little Blase, she had a complete bone marrow transplant. That is what saved her life – medical science.

It seems ridculous to me that a Lord God,Creator of the Universe which spans billions of light years and innumerable stars, planets and galaxies, that such a being knows every thought ever had by every human being who ever lived on this planet, and that He has an opinion about everything, whether monumental or inconsequential. He is a myth created to provide comfort and control. But more people every day are finding that we can be good without god; that we are strong enough to simply accept what we know without making up answers.

Koller, who are you gonna call on when you are standing at the gates of HELL??? What do you think JESUS went thru for all of us????

Daniel I am sorry you felt the need to take away the belief this family had in God just because of your un-belief. It is through miracles that we see God does exist. Now onto the children and adults who died in Sandy Hook. God gives us free will. We have choices to do good or to do evil. Adam that day chose to do evil. Where was God you ask? Take those children's spirits to heaven before they felt the pain. Do you doubt God because it is easier than believing? Or would you rather blame God so you can justify the behavior of the evil ones in this world? I recommend getting your bible out and start reading it. Your creator is my creator and we are the created. Which father will you serve? I pray it's not the same one Adam was serving.

Interesting...you're comfortable with their faith, yet you bash it on every level. Why don't we all let everyone believe what they believe? At the movie at the end of the world we'll know who's right.

Very well and accurately put, Daniel.

Dear Daniel: I can see that you are a compassionate person and seeking answers to the horrific events that daily bombard our society. I can understand how crazy it sounds for someone to have "faith" and "hope" in God, whom they have never seen. However, if you were to actually do some research, you would find that there is extensive, documented evidence from "secular" historical sources that substantiates the Biblical events of Christ's birth, life, death, burial and resurrection. There were many "eye witness" accounts that have been preserved. Currently, "creation" scientists use scientific evidence and methods to prove Biblical creation. (www.answersingenesis.org) Are these proofs necessary to have faith? No, but some doubting "Thomas's" need a "physical" proof. I challenge you to have courage and "faith" to pray to God, ask Jesus to forgive your sins, and to come in to your heart so you can have an understanding of who He is. Only then can you really relate to this family's Godly experience. Can you judge their choice when you have no experience with it? If you tell me Disney World is fun and I have never been there, I would need "faith" in your experience because I have none of my own. The saying is "don't judge another man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins". In the Book of Psalms 34:8, it says, "O Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man that trusts in him." Why not give it a try? Pray, ask, accept the free gift! Katie

Sorry Daniel this is Matthew 6:8 at work.

@Daniel Koller, I really feel sorry for you. God is everywhere, and the Devil believes in him too and is working overtime in people like you. God didn't kill those 20 children, it was the act of the Devil working in the boy that killed them all. For you to put down a family for having the most beautiful thing, Faith, Hope and believing in God is just the Devil at work. and for Alison Smith, Our children are only lent to us from the Lord. I am so very sorry to hear about your little girl, but God needed her with him for a reason, the same way he had taken all the other little boys and gilrs who have passed. Be greatful that God gave her to you for the time you had with her. No it's not easy letting go of someone who you love so much, but learn to have Faith and be thankful that God gave her to you for a time to love her. To the Byrd Family. God is great, Keep your faith in God and he will see you through anything. Good and Bad times God is always watching over. HE IS A LOVING GOD AND PRAISE HIM ALWAYS.

You could have kept that comment to yourself. Why would you want to take someone else's joy! He does live despite what you think.

Have you never heard "give the devil his due"? Everyone wants to blame God when terrible things happen. When my beautiful, kind, loving husband died 7 months ago right here in our living room, leaving me a single mom of a 5 year old boy at the age of 53, I was indeed very, very angry at God! But being angry at God is a natural response. Yes, He took my husband. Yes, I am still grieving very deeply, but the one thing I do know is that it's impossible to understand God, but imperative that we worship Him. I'm very happy that God chose to intervene in this child's cancer. And my heart aches for those of us who's prayers weren't answered in the way that we would wish they were. So, your question..where was God when the children were killed? He was there with them. Where is He now? He is right beside us, sorrowing WITH us.

I agree with you completely, an with Alison Smith and others below. This is a great story and I'm very happy for the Byrd family. In fact, I would love to see more stories like this one. I would also love it if there was an all-powerful, benevolent God who saved this little boy. But I doubt that was the case. Tami Byrd happened to be pregnant at the time that Blase was diagnosed and there was a 1 in 4 chance that the baby would be a match. This has more to do with chance -- and with science -- than with God. It's also a good lesson in not putting all your faith in doctors' opinions.

Alison Smith made a good point below. Why would God "save" Blase Byrd and not her little girl? And Dan, you made a very good (albeit very sad) point about having just lost 20 children last week in the Newtown tragedy. I'd like to add that there were seven adult victims lost as well and that I knew one of them personally. I don't believe that a benevolent God would have let the woman I knew die violently, at a relatively young age, while she was helping children. It would be great if the God these people want to exist really did exist -- but he doesn't.

Agree, Daniel, but you'll never get a lot of agreement here, just thanks to god. What about the parents that had children die? Did god not want them to have a "miracle?"
There'll just be happy Halleluyahs here, and let that be. Your voice is lost in the congratulatory power of some myth.

Daniel, of course you are right on point. No one ever credits doctors and developments of medical science, through hard work and research, for the cure. If there were a loving god with unlimited power, why would he have created cancer to begin with? The important thing, of course, is that modern medicine and doctors have saved a life, taking advantage of the discovery that his infant sibling had a match they could use to replace his blood and marrow to save his life. My heart goes out to the family, and I wish them all the happiness in the world, and hope that this cure truly is permanent.

what a moronic statement! the tragedy with the children had nothing to do with God not being there. what it had to do with is the fact that we live in a fallen world do to the fall of Adam in the garden of eden ... in which he handed the world into the hands of satan. God has also given man FREE WILL to chose to do evil or good ... to believe in and follow Him or not. God is ALWAYS present ... in the good and the bad. in the times of tragedy, He is there to comfort and in the time of miracles He is there to strengthen. the fact that the answer to the prayers of this family was in the mother's womb is testimony that God had a plan and it came to pass. their story will be a story to touch many.

Daniel,
God is real and I truly pray that you will have a relationship with God one day soon, too. Our God is a loving God and even though you rebuke him and reject him, he loves you too. HIs desire is to have you accept Jesus Christ as your saviour! God sent his only son to Earth to first teach us how to love God above all things and then to love one another. This is why we are celebrating Christmas!!

You are right on one thing. The doctors were amazing. Do you ever wonder why or how some people are better at certain skills or careers than others? God gave those doctors their gift. They had the good sense to use their gift and diagnose this little boy right away and put him on an aggressive treatment plan. God also spoke to those parents and urged them to take the boy in. Not everyone listens, unfortunately, to what God is telling them, but I believe because of their strong faith, they knew. You may call it a "hunch", but it is God talking - he is that "feeling" you get when you know you must do something. No human can take credit for this miracle. It is because of God that everything occurred in exactly the way it did.
May God bless you this coming year and I hope you have Merry Christmas!

Daniel, Very well stated. I wish the medical staff would get the credit and not some imaginary entity...

Mr. koller--------as an adult I just went through a serious battle of AML leukemia=====_ grew up catholic but am not necessarily religious----when you don't have much hope a God enters your psyche and you just start asking him for help----it's very comforting to think that this gentle friend was walking aside me Doctors were not as optimistic and one told me how I would die. I was at the cut off for a morrow transplant. I started getting better without a transplant.Every test came back right on track.I knew the Dr's were working on treating and testing and I was working on spiritual healing it wasn't very deep but it guided me through some times. Don't knock God until you walk in my shoes!!!

Daniel, May God have mercy on your empty soul.

god is great and i hope he makes it i am praying for him and i am ten and i no what he is going thorugh and my best friend best friend was storng thourgh the same thing but she did not make it but i no he will i am praying for him and i no god is good

That's clearly your opinion. How can you say how it makes others feel? I prayed for mother to survive and she didn't but I in no way feel like God just must not love me enough. You obviously haven't been in their shoes so why would you bother wasting time with such a negative post?

Yes, Halle, God loves us so much-he gave his most precious possession to die for us, his only begotten son. Then he resurrected him giving us a for-gleam of what he will do for those who have died due to Adams sin. See Romans 5:12 "That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned—. BUT MORE IMPORTANT - (Romans 5:18) . . .So, then, as through one trespass the result to men of all sorts was condemnation, likewise also through one act of justification the result to men of all sorts is a declaring of them righteous for life.
YES - (Romans 6:23) . . .For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.
Since Jesus paid that price, and you do not have to pay for something twice - you will get a "refund", a resurrection! So he tells us (John 5:28, 29) . . .Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, . . .

Unanswered prayers are a staple of Agnostics and Atheists. Weird huh?

"Agnosticism is the view that humanity does not currently possess the requisite knowledge and/or reason to provide sufficient rational grounds to justify the belief that deities either do or do not exist."
Can I call myself Muslim Agnostic then?Or Hindu Agnostic? Or Jehovah's Witness Agnostic? Now you have the definition of Agnosticism. You're welcome.

You can't be Jewish and agnostic in the true sense ... and you know it. You have such a rich tradition and faith against such horrendous adversity, done in the name of Jesus Christ, but I assure you Jesus had nothing to do with it, only the men and women who perpetrated the hate. I'd rather you be an atheist; they believe in something (and that's nothing at all). Agnostic is wishy-washy. Make up your mind, either you're an atheist; or go back to your roots. Omein! Shalom!

Tribes in the rain forest don't have disease or life threatening situations??
Why did God intervene to save this child? Knowing how many other parents went through the same thing and received no such "miracle" is what makes this way of thinking so disturbing to me.

When a woman is pregnant, they are asked if they want to save their umbilical cord. Is there a price, yes unfortunately.

well put Meredith, Happy Holidays to all..... believers or not :)

Thanks, Skippy!

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Hi Bill Evans. I understand what you are saying and agree. I believe that Jessica Nunez and Meredith McCutcheon are stating that the story is about a family who believe their prayers were answered and that only comments related to this story should be posted. I felt bad that the conversation turned toward whether there is a God or not and was offended by the comments made by Daniel G. Koller. I believe they were inappropriate and insensitive. Today, people are ridiculed for believing there is a God. As I mentioned in my previous post to Mr. Koller: “You believe by faith that everything originated by chance with no intelligence. Those who believe there is a Creator God believe this by the evidence. Have you ever done any research to determine whether God exists or not? I have. If you have access to a Bible read Romans 1:18-32.” I am thankful that the story was shared. It gives us an example to not give up and have hope.

I agree with you could thrown and I am evergrateful to for being so helpful in our time of need
well God did provide he provided you to help she should be grateful for that.

Chris--I wonder--who created this wonderful body, this organism and so capable. Which scientist created life--any life--not just human. Man may have created religion but who created the creator?

Hi Chris Jasmer, as I commented to Daniel G. Koller earlier today:
"Since you cannot explain how pre-elements of matter originated or how life (a living cell) originated, please do not criticize someone who believes there is a God. You believe by faith that everything originated by chance with no intelligence. Those who believe there is a Creator God believe this by the evidence. Have you ever done any research to determine whether God exists or not? I have."
I did a great deal of research to determine whether God exists or not and whether the Bible were true or not. I could give you a list of books I read regarding the reliability of the Bible. I wrote a book that summarized my research regarding whether a Creator existed or not. My book is called "Evolution or Creation? A Comparison of the Arguments." (Second edition) The format is to allow the reader to compare the arguments of evolutionists side-by-side with creationist views. The reader is left to form their own conclusions. Don't be fooled into thinking the creationist views are religiously based. They are not. They are scientifically based. If you are able to successfully refute the creationists' claims, then you are entitled to your opinions. But if you have never seriously considered whether there is a God or not or whether the Bible is the Word or God or not, then your views are one sided and you really have no way of knowing whether your views are correct or not, even though they may appear to be so.

God Bless Sarah Robinson for being so courageous to put her personal contact information in the email. God works in strange and mysterious ways, and He does not cause people to die, he causes them to live. However, when there are circumstances and a person dies, God accepts that person in Heaven upon the acceptance that Jesus Christ is their Savior. Little children, who know no sin, are accepted, but adults, with full knowledge of our behaviors, must accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior. For me, I pray those words every night before I go to sleep, in case I am taken in the night, and every morning when I wake up, in case I am taken during the day. I know where I am going. The Byrds knew that a prayer for a miracle was the answer. God answered.

I no that was blessing story i am 10 and that is a miracle

Jo I really don't get your point.
The great flood did happen, and why did you bring it up if you don't believe that it did?
And also God does answer prayers weather they are the answer you wanted or not.
I Know many many people who have been healed because of prayer. Yes I also know that doctors help healing as well but I have friends and family that were healed against all odds so I believe strongly in the power of prayer.
Merry CHRISTmas and have a blessed new year

jo
Looks like you don't beleive in anything. It's sad to go thru life being cranky and and angry. I got lung cancer and for years I had'nt gone to church and my wife asked me to go to church with her and pray. Doctors said maybe a year or so if they operated. I am totally cured and I know praying and good doctors saved me.

I believe in God but also believe in physics and science and having 2 degrees from Ivy League institutions am "bright enough to understand" as you put it. Those words alone, as well as your comment "don't embarrass yourself by saying something stupid like "it's just a theory" negate your claim of being a "better person" since your words sound like the words of someone who routinely denigrates and ridicules those who do not believe as you do. And you call that being a "much better person"??? Also, most people who "do the right thing" do so because they had guidance throughout their lives and with or WITHOUT the influence of a God were taught to "do unto other as you would have done unto you". In addition many humans become better people through the maturation process becoming more understanding of life as we mature, its miracles and its pitfalls. I feel a bit sorry for you not because you do not believe in God, but because instead of becoming a "better person" you sound as if you have become cynical, critical of those who believe (not the traits of a "better person") and even envious and disdainful of those who have faith. By the way Physics is a great miracle in and of itself and who gave those scientists the great skill and intellect that helps them save others?