Miracles

mrnoodle · 02-18-2004, 12:53 PM

I'm a Christian. But I don't buy Catholicism, in fact I find many tenets of the Catholic Church are contrary to what's written in the bible. So I wonder about the Catholic-specific miracles. Why does the virgin Mary always appear in tortillas/certain wallpaper patterns/cloud formations at pilgrimage sites? Are these messages from God to man, mass hallucinations, or misinterpreted natural phenomena? The statues of Abe Lincoln never cry blood. If you're Catholic, have you ever considered the possibility that these visions are demonic in origin or caused by the combined psychic powers of 300 ardent believers all gathered in one place praying for a miracle?

You get into weird territory fast with miracles. [connect to original question] Don't these miracles serve to confuse rather than prove the existence of God?

02-18-2004, 12:53 PM	#1
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I'm a Christian. But I don't buy Catholicism, in fact I find many tenets of the Catholic Church are contrary to what's written in the bible. So I wonder about the Catholic-specific miracles. Why does the virgin Mary always appear in tortillas/certain wallpaper patterns/cloud formations at pilgrimage sites? Are these messages from God to man, mass hallucinations, or misinterpreted natural phenomena? The statues of Abe Lincoln never cry blood. If you're Catholic, have you ever considered the possibility that these visions are demonic in origin or caused by the combined psychic powers of 300 ardent believers all gathered in one place praying for a miracle? You get into weird territory fast with miracles. [connect to original question] Don't these miracles serve to confuse rather than prove the existence of God? __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

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