(November 4, 2016 at 12:04 am)Irrational Wrote:(November 3, 2016 at 9:17 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Everything has been addressed already. I don't have anything to say that hasn't already been said. I can just keep repeating myself, or I can talk about farts. The latter is more fun.
No, not everything. There are still a couple of original points you haven't addressed at all throughout this thread. And a few other points as well in the link I provided.
The only thing I can think of that I have not addressed was the part of Poca's conspiracy theory assertion that perhaps someone was able to predict the weather for that day and saw that the sun would do something extraordinary, and told the children to say the Virgin Mary would perform a miracle.
The thing with that theory is that the children's claim that Mary would do something on October 13 at noon came 3 months before it happened. No way to predict the "weather" (if you even want to attribute the sun changing colors, zig zagging through the sky, and drying up clothes in seconds to the "weather") 3 months ahead of time. Especially back in 1917.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
