God Cures Paralyzed Student

[Queena]

Paralysed student able to walk again after child in church told him the exact time he would recover - claiming it was a message from God
Joel Haler, 20, was paralyzed from the waist down after being injured during a health class at Hope College in Michigan
While doctors found no physical damage, he was confined to a wheelchair and couldn't walk or feel his legs
One night he dreamt of a banner emblazoned with 'J23'
A week later in a church a four-year-old said God had told him Haler would walk again
On January 23, he rose from his bed and walked for the first time in three months


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I'm calling this a fraud. I was sick, and after not walking for 3 weeks, I was incredibly weak.

[UncomfortablyNumb]

I'm calling this a fraud. I was sick, and after not walking for 3 weeks, I was incredibly weak.

Right? I mean. Come on. It's all gotta be a psychological thing.

[Ron_NYC]

[bowieluva]

Right? I mean. Come on. It's all gotta be a psychological thing.

Uh you think.

While doctors found no physical damage, he was confined to a wheelchair and couldn't walk or feel his legs

God didn't cure fuck all, the kid wasn't actually paralyzed.

Maybe god tricked him into thinking he was paralyzed in the first place. From what I can tell, he's a total dickbag that way.

[marycontrary]

What the fuck was he doing in health class that he got hurt? Doesn't sound like a very healthy health class.

[Queena]

Him and the kid will have a book, CD, and go around the country healing people. I'm religion pimps.

[Ron_NYC]

Him and the kid will have a book, CD, and go around the country healing people. I'm religion pimps.

For a fee of course.

[Queena]

For a fee of course.

I meant to say that, I hate people who pimp God for money.

[Ron_NYC]

I meant to say that, I hate people who pimp God for money.

[bowieluva]

Why is this getting any publicity? This is like if I announce tomorrow that I have a brain tumor and every doctor says I don't and then I announce I am cured.

[hjtommt1]

Maybe it's because he's a hometown celebrity.

http://www.wthr.com/story/24543339/2...-after-miracle
NEW CASTLE -
In New Castle, it is known simply as "The Miracle."

One of the most prolific basketball players in the city's history is in a wheelchair one day, paralyzed from the waist down, and walking the next.

If life is measured in steps, Joel Haler took a big step Friday. In fact, he took a lot of them.

[SuchAClassicGirl]

What the fuck was he doing in health class that he got hurt? Doesn't sound like a very healthy health class.

Exactly my first thoughts! Here, son climb this ladder and hold the rabbit ears while you balance a ball of tinfoil on your foot so we can all watch the "how babies are made" video

And yeah. The fact that the doctors found no physical damage leads me to believe this is a big thermos of bullshit

[Shins]

Everyone I've known who came from Hope College was either a looney religious nutcase or a drug addict. Or both.

[bowieluva]

He wasn't actually paralyzed, so he managed to get up out of a wheelchair. WHY THE FUCK IS THIS NEWS.

HEY GUYS I AM ALSO NOT PARALYZED AND MANAGED TO WALK TODAY.

[Shins]

See, we see this as not being news because of logic. While the God fearing nutcases are jerking off to this "miracle."

Because fuck logic, and science, and reality.

This is a pretty clear example of how desperate some people have become in trying to validate Gods presence.

[bowieluva]

"Kid who can walk, walks."

I mean honestly I just don't get 'DESPITE DOCTORS TELLING HIM THERE WAS NO REASON HE COULDN'T WALK AND NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM, HE MIRACULOUSLY WALKED AGAIN.'

How is that a story? To anyone, anywhere? Even religious fanatics should be embarrassed by how dumb this is.

[Shins]

Yeah, well... there are also people who feel that killing kids over loud music is justified.


Interestingly enough, I'm willing to bet these are all the same awful breed of human.

[bowieluva]

No way, growing up next to my brother's bedroom, I can safely say killing someone over shitty music is ten thousand times more sympathetic.

[Shins]