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July 31, 2008
Seeking the Virgin? Don't Look at the Sun
Skepticism: preserving your sight since the Enlightenment.
- Ed Brayton, Dispatches from the Culture Wars
At least 50 people have lost their sight after staring at the sun hoping to see an image of the Virgin Mary, according to reports.Alarmed health authorities in India's Kottayam district have set up a sign dispelling rumours of a miraculous image in the sky and warning of the dangers of looking into direct sunlight. . . .
Despite warnings, and the potentially harmful effects of their actions, believers are allegedly still flocking to a hotelier's house in Erumeli near where the divine image is said to have appeared. [The Telegraph]
Even the local clergy have repudiated this supposed miracle. Now that is a miracle.
Posted by Duane Smith at July 31, 2008 9:11 AM | Read more on Religion |
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