[RobbyS]

Because he behaves like an Appalachian snake-handlerin this video? ;-) Because his opinion is based firmly on his own opinion? Still I am reminded of Emile Zola, who came to visit Lourdes and was shown evidence of a miracle. Miracles, according to his view were the product of hysteria, either on the part of the healed or on the observers. He was shown the file on a man, not particularly pious, whose shin bone had seemingly instantaneously reconstituted itself, or at least between the taking of x-rays in his home town and those taken at Lourdes. Shown the evidence, Zola promised to report on it. Instead he wrote a novel, mocking religious women. He subscribed to the dogma: miracles cannot happen. The inexplicable is simply what science cannot explain. This is scientism, not science.

[Abin Sur]

Because he behaves like an Appalachian snake-handlerin this video?

I just read the article in the original post, I didn't see a video or a link to one...perhaps I missed it?

Still I am reminded of Emile Zola, who came to visit Lourdes and was shown evidence of a miracle.

That would be this Lourdes, yes?

http://www.skepdic.com/lourdes.html

So he helped expose the absurd flim-flam of faith healing?

http://www.skepdic.com/faithhealing.html

Good for him.