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Alas, paintings are not the ONLY things that are forged: money, ancient artifacts, and yes, even MIRACLES are often forged!
For every real miracle there must be over a thousand FAKE miracles...and for the very same reason: MONEY!
The sad truth is that the RCC has lent credence to phony miracles for centuries. They chose to allow primitive cultures to retain their superstitions, melding them almost seamlessly into the forced Catholic dogma. Santeria is one special instance of a religion that combines voodoo and Catholicism.
In South America, superstition runs rampant. Stigmata, weeping statues (especially of the Madonna), and other fanciful 'miracles' abound. But France and other European countries have theirs, too.
Miracles DO exist but quietly so and never with the fanfare and sensationalism that makes headlines...or lines of desperate people willing to pay for a miracle.
Lady of Guadeloupe is a HOAX...a FRAUD. But that hasn't stopped the pilgrimage that continues today.
With so much ridiculous phoniness posing as miracles, the atheists don't have to say much. All they have to do is snort and jeer and guffaw...and that is what is really sad. |
Your right about phony miracles but how is this one a hoax or a fraud. Its been around for 400 years and it should have decayed and many different people have studied it? How much more evidence do you need to prove to you this is real. You can even go down to whatever city its in and look at if for yourself. If you had certain permissions you could probably take really hi-res shots of the eyes and go to an optometrist and show them to him.