Shroud of Turin

[LastPoet]

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The gospel stories of how a crucified criminal was taken down for "proper burial" are a fine example of xtian special pleading.

I recently wrote an article about "Our Lady of Fatima" and it was interesting how much fluff every religious site put into their commentary on the events. They add so much "religious people are good" and "everyone else really wants to bow to god" shit that they make it more unbelievable. The "Miracle of the Sun," is said to have occurred when the children were done seeing their "visions" of the virgin Mary. The sun danced in the sky and convinced all present that Mary had really shown these kids visions. As if that wasn't unbelievable enough, they said that tens of thousands of people witnessed it and that the atheists who were present fell to their knees and began praying to god for forgiveness. Dipshits. First off, the visions supposedly happened over a matter of months in a small village in Portugal in 1913. So, they're basically saying that word spread like wildfire and tens of thousands of people thought this was so much more important than WWI that they just had to go. Also, who among the atheists here can imagine falling to your knees and praying?

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I know that story very well, I've been to Fatima (its the village's name), nothing special there, except a monumental pilgrimage site, a nexus for catholic income. There is the traditions for people here to go walking (sometimes barefoot) threre on the supposed day of the sightings. Supposedly 'to pay a promise'. Of course some never do, they are ran over by cars on their trips, I guess it shows how much their lord care for his groveling worshippers. Legends, created in fear and superstition during the war. The 1st Republic tried to dispell that nonsense at the time (completetely secular, giving great emphasis to education), but it fell to a coup and the dictatorship that came after knew how to take full advantage of it.

But the area is quite beautifull, has the greatest caves on this country, some medieval castles and a beautifull landscape.