Reason and common sense are not factors in this equation.
It's "the dream", see? When reality intrudes, we hold onto "the dream" and deny reality.
That's how strong this is.
Like, "We are in the Springtime of VaticanII?"
Cardinal Oddi - Elvis sighter
"It [the Third Secret] has nothing to do with Gorbachev. The Blessed Virgin was alerting us against apostasy in the Church." Il Sabato 03-17-1990
Cardinal Ciappi - dreamer, denier of reality and personal theologian to JPII
"In the Third Secret it is foretold, among other things, that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top." letter to Professor Baumgartner in Salzburg