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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 01/27/2010 : 04:22:16
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Another water stain sends Catholics into spasms of religious hallucinations.
An image of the Virgin Mary was discovered by Father Ernest Bulinda, the Rector at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk.
At first glance it looks just like any water stain, but looking closely, many see a silhouette of the Virgin Mary.
Father Bulinda says he was walking past the baptismal font when something caught his eye. Unsure of what it was, he turned around and that's when he spotted the image.
Uncertain of what he saw, Father asked one of his parishoners:
"I told him what do you think about that? He came and looked, he said that's interesting and I said what do you think about that? It looks like the picture of the Virgin Mary," Father Bulinda said.
Not wanting to bring attention to it, Father Bulinda tried to keep the sighting quiet.
"I thought, well she's been appearing everywhere, she's on toast and so on and so forth so I thought we'll just keep quiet and let it be."
But the word spread and people have been stopping by the basilica ever since, trying to make their own decision about what they see and where it came from:
"When I see that, I feel like, whoa I feel chills in my body. Because I think this is a miracle."
"You can tell nobody made it, it just happened like that."
Others like Labarbara Cuffee say it's more about how this image has restored people's faith.
"But I just look at it as if it's a miracle, it's God. If it's not then it's something nice for people to look at and believe that it is," Cuffee said.
Whether or not the image is a water stain or an image of the Virgin Mary is open to interpretation. |
There's a video with this one. Not caring all that much, I haven't watched it but others might.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
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 Posted - 01/28/2010 : 10:42:34 [Permalink]
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When I lived in the southern tip of Texas, about every month or two there would be front page news of the latest Virgin Mary or Jesus sighting: bark on a tree, shadows, reflections, etc. Pathetic.
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
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Posted - 01/28/2010 : 11:53:44 [Permalink]
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Pathetic! it is. I must confess, I keep checking my shorts for Mary or Jesus in the skid marks. I did see the FSM once but that's a real Deity. It was not that remarkable for me, as I know the FSM is everywhere. For those who believe in ALL those other false Gods fantasies, it's very big news. They take it as verification that they are right in their beliefs and that there not gullible, stupid or just not using their FSM given brains. Sometimes you just want to smack them in the head to get them thinking.  Religious, people have their heads so far "up there", they sometimes got to put there face up in my business, so I keep checking for signs. There is one true apparition I know of, one you'll never see on the TV or cable news. But now we have the internet and all the other voices are not as easily kept quite.
http://globalgrind.com/channel/news/content/895569/Virgin-Mary-Condom-NSFW/
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2010 : 15:44:07 [Permalink]
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Sailingsoul, you need more fiber in your diet, eh?  |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2010 : 05:52:12 [Permalink]
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Here's my favorite -- 'mooner posted it some time back, so I can't take credit for the find.
Piss Pot Mary
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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The pilgrimage begins.....
