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"Raymond" |
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22 Feb 2005 09:47:31 AM |
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Another Miracle - or just another 'load of eyewash' ? |
Another Miracle - or just another 'load of eyewash' ?
20,000 half-baked Christians pay homage in front of a fully baked loaf
of bread .(A chapati)
India marvels at 'miracle chapati'
The 'miracle' happened three days ago
Hundreds of Christian pilgrims and other curious onlookers have been
making their way to a church in Bangalore in India to see a chapati
which has the image of Christ burnt into it.
The chapati - a loaf of unleavened bread - is one of dozens that
Shella Anthony bakes in her oven in Bangalore every day. But this one
she thought was different.
We believe in miracles. Devotees are feeling blessed on witnessing it
Father Jacob George
Burnt into it was what looked like the image of the face of Jesus
Christ.
Shella Anthony took the loaf to a local church and word spread like
wildfire.
Church officials say nearly 20,000 Christians have already visited the
Renewal Retreat Centre to pay homage in front of the chapati, which
has now been mounted in a glass case, and to offer prayers.
Father Jacob George of the Renewal Retreat Centre is convinced it is a
miracle.
Mixed feelings
"We believe in miracles. Who doesn't? Devotees are feeling blessed on
witnessing it," he said.
Pilgrims have come from Bangalore and surrounding towns and villages,
and it is not just Christians who have made the odyssey.
No Jews - Noch nisht - Not yet - Nishtu gedacht! - It shouldn't
happen! G-d forbid!
Some dismissed it as a 'load of eyewash'
Hindus, too, have come to look at the eight-centimetre (five-inch)
loaf.
Anil Philip, a young freelance journalist, says initially he was
sceptical about the shape of Jesus emerging on the surface of a
chapati.
"But after a couple of visits, I experienced a different feeling," he
said."
"Christians are coming here out of devotion, the others are coming out
of curiosity," said Anil Philip.
Some just want recipe.
BBC Delhi correspondent Adam Mynott says that while some believe it to
be a miracle others have ridiculed the apparition as a load of
"crummy" eyewash.
Oyfen himmel a yarid! - Much ado about nothing! - Should have sold it
on E-Bay !
Let us prey
Bluerhymer- Skeptic Opgehitener - Pious person.
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| User: "Frank J Warner" |
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| Title: Re: Another Miracle - or just another 'load of eyewash' ? |
23 Feb 2005 01:19:51 PM |
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In article <909b07d2.0502220747.195b620c@posting.google.com>, Raymond
<bluerhymer2@aol.com> wrote:
Another Miracle - or just another 'load of eyewash' ?
20,000 half-baked Christians pay homage in front of a fully baked loaf
of bread .(A chapati)
Oh, whew. For a moment I thought you said, "half-naked."
-Frank
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fwarner1-at-franksknives-dot-com
Here's some of my work:
http://www.franksknives.com/
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| User: "Steve Knight" |
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| Title: Re: Another Miracle - or just another 'load of eyewash' ? |
22 Feb 2005 07:16:29 PM |
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On 22 Feb 2005 07:47:31 -0800, (Raymond) wrote:
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Hindus, too, have come to look at the eight-centimetre (five-inch)
loaf.
I pinched a five inch loaf on the throne this morning. And I'll be
damned if wasn't the spitting images of Stick Boy.
Warlord Steve
BAAWA
www.sonic.net/~wooly
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| User: "Jez" |
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| Title: Re: Another Miracle - or just another 'load of eyewash' ? |
23 Feb 2005 11:13:50 AM |
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Raymond wrote:
Another Miracle - or just another 'load of eyewash' ?
20,000 half-baked Christians pay homage in front of a fully baked loaf
of bread .(A chapati)
Adds a new meaning to 'Using your loaf.', I guess.
--
Jez
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
NFS Underground2, Americas Army And MOH-PA
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