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To: man_in_tx

When my daughter was 6 and nearly died from a serious bone marrow disease, she took 2 Lourdes baths and became stable immediately afterwards. Her bone marrow was at 90% a week later when tested at Johns Hopkins and the doctors there could not explain it. Her bone marrow had been at less than 10% prior and there was no explanation.

Please do not diss Lourdes without knowing the facts.


96 posted on 07/27/2013 5:04:58 PM PDT by stonehouse01 (Equal rights for unborn women)
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To: stonehouse01

—— and the doctors there could not explain it. Her bone marrow had been at less than 10% prior and there was no explanation.

Please do not diss Lourdes without knowing the facts ——

Don’t confuse us with facts. ;-)


97 posted on 07/27/2013 5:08:47 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: stonehouse01

Please do not diss Lourdes without knowing the facts.

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FRiend, did you even read my post? I think I made it clear in my previous post that I do know the facts. Let me spell it out: I have DONE Lourdes, from soup to nuts. I have seen the crutches on the grotto walls of those who have been allegedly healed in its waters, seen the trinkets for sale in the streets of Lourdes, taken home a small bottle of the water, sung “Ave Maria” with the other worshipers, etc. (Okay, I didn’t take a bath.) Frankly, there was something about the entire venue that left me feeling a bit odd.

Despite your somewhat combative post, I am delighted to know your daughter has made a terrific recovery — and I do not doubt the veracity of your story.

Nonetheless, I in no way feel obligated to credit her healing to God or “Mary.” Nor would I ever recommend a Lourdes bath to any sick person whom I genuinely wished to see made whole.

Please pardon me, but, in my view, the entire Lourdes Enterprise (and it IS an enterpri$e) is superstition writ large. It speaks not of Christ other than extremely obliquely, as its primary focus is on an unScriptural “Mary.” One of Satan’s excellent counterfeits: Keep people’s eye off the “ball” (i.e., Christ), and keep them hoping for something via “Mary.”


123 posted on 07/27/2013 7:38:06 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Blowback (Faithfully farting twowards Mecca five times daily).)
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