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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"turk" |
| Date: |
25 May 2004 10:30:39 AM |
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Idiots wait for church approval of "miracle" |
Notice the statements "I'd like to believe, but (I'll) wait and see what the
church says." and "I can't say it's a miracle because the church has to
approve it,". Ridiculous sheep, waiting for the church to tell them what to
think.
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,9643376%255E3102,00.html
Crowds flock to see 'weeping' religious icons
Catriona Mathewson
24may04
FIRST there was a fence post in Sydney that supposedly bore a remarkable
resemblance to the Virgin Mary, and now Queensland has its own religious
phenomena.
Hundreds flocked to a Catholic church in the Brisbane suburb of Inala on the
weekend to catch a glimpse of statues which have apparently been weeping
blood and rose-scented oil.
Yesterday a squad of volunteers was enlisted - each with hand-written
"security" tags pinned to their lapels - to direct crowds and explain the
strange happenings at the little-known Vietnamese community church.
Digital cameras and video recorders jostled to capture images of the sacred
seeping objects, now tucked away in glass display cases.
"It looks genuine enough, but then I suppose I don't know what a fake one
looks like," Toowoomba visitor Mark Power said.
"I'd like to believe, but (I'll) wait and see what the church says."
The mystery began over a week ago when rose-scented oil began leaking from a
statue of Mary and a crucifix which were kept in the priests's chambers of
St Mark's.
But things really escalated last Friday night when blood reportedly flowed
from statues and a crucifix above the altar during mass.
On Saturday night, worshippers said blood flowed from a crucifix in the hand
of a statue at the front of the church.
The Reverend Father Joseph Liem said he expected that the church would
investigate the claims.
"I don't know what the meaning is for these phenomena," he said yesterday.
Crowds who flowed through the church yesterday were excited but retained a
healthy scepticism.
"I can't say it's a miracle because the church has to approve it," Joseph Vu
said. "But I think it was a miracle."
But for others, the weeping statues have been a blessing whether the source
is miraculous or not.
"If the result of this is people thinking seriously about their religion and
their faith . . . it's served its purpose," Mark Power said.
"Even if it turns out to not be authentic it's done good."
Early last year thousands flocked to Coogee Beach in Sydney after claims
that people had seen a fence-post apparition of the Virgin Mary.
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