(November 2, 2016 at 5:08 pm)abaris Wrote:(November 2, 2016 at 3:51 pm)Emjay Wrote: So do I. I mean who would go? If say Drich 'prophesised' on here that something was going to happen at a certain time and place, what right-thinking athiest would actually go there just in case or just to prove him wrong? The more likely response would be 'yeah, whatever'.
Got nothing to do with who prophecised. If that even did happen and wasn't just a story they came up with later. It's got everything to do with rural Portugal. Or rural any country of the world at that time. Especially where the catholic priest was still the utmost authority to turn to in times of trouble. Still is in one horse towns where catholics make up the majority.
I doubt that there was any skeptic to be found at the educational ass end or rural Portugal in 1917.
Yeah, that's what I figure... any 'skeptics' were only skeptical of the kids claims, but still believers in god... still entirely open to the possibility of a miracle happening, otherwise they wouldn't have bothered going.
