So no miracles, all incorruptibles can be explained by natural causes, such as mummification, great embalming fluids, etc...
There are two problems with your statements in this regard:
1. Mummification is the orderly dehydration of human tissue, think beef jerky. That would explain an incorruptible that was totally dehydrated. But there are many that are plump, full of fluid.
2. Okay, so maybe many were embalmed with really top notch preservatives. Yes, that could explain some phenomena, but many of the incorruptibles were never embalmed. Think Irish wake. The deceased is laid upon a bed of ice, the relatives gather
to drink and commemorate their loved one, then when the ice melts the deceased is put in a pine box and interred.
So, what is really at the heart of your world view is the absolute disbelief that God works signs for us through miracles. The fact that you disbelieve even the greatest of these, the incorruptibles, is a testament to your unfounded belief that all phenomena can be explained by natural causes, or maybe it is desired that God does not exist?
I will pray to St. Rita de Cassius for your conversion. That God With Us, Emmanuel, Who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, will show you the way home.
Pope Francis is a nutball. How did this happen?
Was out of town a few days so will respond to your post now...
You stated.....”So, what is really at the heart of your world view is the absolute disbelief that God works signs for us through miracles. The fact that you disbelieve even the greatest of these, the incorruptibles, is a testament to your unfounded belief that all phenomena can be explained by natural causes”......
Not even close in your assumptions. But I will admit that most all of the declared miracles in many church institutions that dramatize these do so to keep the cash flows going into their coffers. So yes I want it proved as such....unfortunately that rarely happens.
Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation demands ‘a sign’, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
Mark 8:12
Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
Luke 11:29
As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.