Sutter Says:
That he was "miraculously cured" of stage 4 congestive heart
failure caused by cancer in December of 1995:
"For some time I have been aware that I am dying. The prognosis was
that the cancer had invaded my heart, and had weakened it beyond
salvation. I was given less than a year, and told to make my final
arrangements. I visited the funeral home made those arrangements. I
visited my attorney to set up my Last Will and Testament and DNR=20
(Do Not Resuscitate) order. My family prepared, as best they could. My
doctors, a dedicated team at the Cleveland Clinic, one of the world's
finest medical institutions, searched for a way they could safely
give me a heart transplant. The chances of the cancer invading the
new heart were very high, and made the risk of transplant failure
unacceptable.
Somewhere around the beginning of December, I knew that it was time
to pray for a Christmas miracle. Figuring it couldn't hurt, I added
it to my daily prayers. I asked God, if He so willed, to give my
family a Christmas miracle. I wasn't even specific about what miracle
I needed. I left that up to God...
Within seven days, God answered, and gave my family their Christmas
miracle. On my most recent visit to my primary physician, new tests
were done, and the tumors in my heart have disappeared...completely,
without any surgery, without chemotherapy. Gone. Totally and
completely. It astounded my doctor, who re-evaluated the tests, and
confirmed it. I thought it was great, because doctors' egos need to
be deflated every once in a while! Something like this make doctors
feel like they really don't know everything there is to know about
the human body. I recently heard a most appropriate bit of humor:
"What is the difference between a doctor and God ? God doesn't think
He is a doctor.Rev. Jim Sutter" (12-8-1995)
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The Truth:
This is an excellent example of how Sutter
cynically uses religion to manipulate others. In fact, as we note
elsewhere, his ailments were completely fabricated to begin with. Not only
that, but he began claiming anew that he was dying from heart failure just
five weeks later:
Dear Friends: I expect that tonite will be my last posting on this or any other board. I can no longer breathe on my own and can hardly move without my heart setting off the alarms. It has been great knowing you all, and I will do whatever God allows me to from Heaven..." (1-15-1996)
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Sutter made up these events to cover for an impending prison sentence on felony charges. He is a shameless con artist.