Can You Imagine This in America?

Sometimes when I read the Bible I am totally amazed at how people responded to Christ's miracles.  In fact, last night I was reading in the gospel of John where Jesus healed the blind man who was born blind.  The result - Jesus was persecuted for it!  There was no, "Hey let's follow this guy because of what he did proving He was the Messiah."  Because in the Jewish culture of the time they believed that only the coming Messiah could heal someone born blind.  And there was no, "Wow, this is amazing, Praise Jesus for giving the blind man sight!" 

No, what happened was the religious leaders got mad and started persecuting Jesus because He didn't heal "correctly" or "the way they wanted Him to".  So I read things like that and I think to myself, "You've got to be kidding me, people who are religious get upset when something GOOD happens!  Unbelievable."

Which brings me to this story I found on the ABC Radio Australia website