Two for Thursday: The Daily Double Bentley!
From the Tampa Tribune web site, Tampa Bay Online, article:
Revival Drawing Criticism
by TRAVIS REED, Associated Press Writer
Published: July 10, 2008
An excerpt:
Expecting critics, Bentley’s ministry distributed a list of 15 people it said were cured, and vetted by his ministry, with all but three of their stories “medically verified.”
Yet two phone numbers given out by the ministry were wrong, six people did not return telephone messages and only two of the remainder, when reached by The Associated Press, said they had medical records as proof of their miracle cure. However, one woman would not make her physician available to confirm the findings, and the other’s doctor did not return calls despite the patient’s authorization.
So…15 minus 2 minus 6 equals 2, one of whom when contacted would not allow the claim to be medically confirmed. And the final person’s doctor would not return calls to comment. Which brings us down to…zero.
And apparently ABC News Nightline ran a story within the last day or so about Bentley.
Here’s a link to the article, Thousands Flock to Revival in Search of Miracles, posted on the web site.
And a quote from that story:
Not a single claim of Bentley’s healing powers could be independently verified.
