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Posted by Niedziejkore (Member # 2773) on :

"Brisbane Catholic Archbishop John Bathersby said today the substance that seeped from a statue of the Virgin Mary, pictures of Christ and crucifixes was not supernatural or a miracle, but synthetic. He called on the person or persons responsible for the hoax to come forward and tell the truth... The phenomena, which began at the Vietnamese Catholic Community Church in Inala in Brisbane's west on May 21, attracted thousands of people who thought they were seeing the lord's work in action. But believers, who are still trickling in from around the country and across the world, today said the official findings made no difference to their conviction that God had given them a sign. Anne Nguyen, who had flown from California to visit the church, said it did not matter to her what the church had ruled - she still believed. 'We still believe - the rest doesn't matter,' she said."

Sydney Morning Herald [Source.]

Posted by StevenL (Member # 3669) on :

If you saw a "real" bleeding virgin Mary, would you follow it and worship it or think it was a sign from God?

Posted by SciptureAndPrayers (Member # 3633) on :

Jesus Himself said that it is a wicked generation that looks for signs. If this really were a sign from God, wouldn't we expect to hear about how people were being encouraged and brought to God? God doesn't work with smoke and mirrors, he works with Grace and Forgiveness. If Christ's resurrection didn't do it for these people, no bleeding statue will. Sounds pretty pagan to me.

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