I don't doubt that you feel similar toward people like him. Thing is though, he's really good at presenting an argument, and if you actually sat down and discussed things with him you would be hard pressed to disagree with him, heck he was even capable of stirring my emotions at one point until I realized he was snowing me out during most discussions with the verbal equivalent of a wall of text.
And he suggests to people who doubt him to check the book of Acts. It's got a few passages that relate to those two things in particular. He claims that a lay on hands is the reason he was born in the first place (he was about to die, and he miraculously survived) and claims that he has healed both himself and other people with his lay on hands (not with any consistency of course, he referenced the passage I mentioned above as well as many others when questioned). He also knows that not many people follow him, and explains it away as it being said as such in the bible. I simply thought it was really funny what he thought of Catholics in particular, it's sort of an "Oh snap" moment, especially considering the fact that we were discussing things in my residence where my Catholic roommate was right across the hall.
The one that wins, pal, the one that wins.
Both sides have been arguing back and forth for hundreds of years, and will be doing it for hundreds more, without really getting anywhere new.
Just remember, it's all fun and games until someone's church (or abortion clinic) gets firebombed.
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