Saint's Dried Blood Liquefies in 'Miracle'

Reuters ^ | September 19, 2002

[Desdemona]

Why is miracle always in quotes?

[RobRoy]

Since this is one of those weird, useless (as in - turning dry blood in a jar into wet blood is not exactly on a par with turning water into wine or healing the sick or parting the red sea all with practical application - kind of like tears coming from a statue), I'm going to guess this is a Catholic thread.

The international Catholic "culture" stuff sure shows up in a lot of tabloids. Why is that?

That someone even associates this tripe with Christianity deeply offends me and does not appear to help the spread of the gospel.

I could be dead wrong on this thing, but I can't help but wonder what Peter or Paul would of thought of this sort of thing. Imagine, they've just healed a sick person and given God the glory. Then someone walks up to them and says, "hey, that vial of dried blood just miraculously turned wet. Looks like we're in for some good times."

Do you really think they would have said, "Praise be to God."

I think they might have said something along the lines of, "Man, who has persuaded you to believe our God is a God of such cheap trickery? Who has ascribed this event to good or bad times, and why did you believe him?"

My gosh, people are gullible.

[RobRoy]

>>Why is miracle always in quotes?
I know what you mean. If we could visualize the thoughts of journalists, there would put quotes around the word God also, to show that they don't believe in Him either - only in themselves.<<

Heh, heh. It's in quotes because it appears to be a silly claim. I know the article says: "Scientists have confirmed that the substance inside the closed vial is blood but cannot explain why it regularly turns to liquid."

Sorry, that's not enough. What scientists? What tests did they perform?

Let me put it this way, and I quote (but I don't remember who): "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

That is why the word "miracle" is in quotes, and any respectable reporter outside The Sun would do the same.

[Desdemona]

"Scientists have confirmed that the substance inside the closed vial is blood but cannot explain why it regularly turns to liquid."

This is why it's a miracle. It's been happening for hundreds of years

[sinkspur]

My gosh, people are gullible.

Some people are also very superstitious.

[RobRoy]

Exactly!

[RobRoy]

sez who.

[RobRoy]

>>Let's call this what it is, the protestant hatred of God and all things of God is blasphemous and pathetic - and emanates from only one source: satan. <<

Let's not - because that is not what is going on here, at least from me. (no more afternoon coffee for you, though)

Btw, what is that big silver thingy it's contained in? It looks pretty old.

[RobRoy]

>>Let's call this what it is, the protestant hatred of God and all things of God is blasphemous and pathetic - and emanates from only one source: satan. <<

Let's not - because that is not what is going on here, at least from me. (no more afternoon coffee for you, though)

Btw, what is that big silver thingy it's contained in? It looks pretty old.

HOLY COW MAN, I JUST VISITED THE LINKS. THIS THING IS SICK, SICK, SICK!

Have any of the people that believe this stuff ever read the Bible? Do they actually believe, in the context of what the Bible says about God and Jesus, that this thing is anything other than a hoax, albeit a really old one?

I saw satans head in a cloud on the cover of The Sun once, while I was waiting in the checkout line...

[sinkspur]

Oh so on top of all your other faults you are a protestant heretic also?

Whereas some people are merely superstitious, others act as if they founded the Catholic Church.

[RobRoy]

>>St. John Nepomucene Neumann<<

Who's he, and why should I give credence to anything he says.