Apparitions from heaven???

[abaris]

You act like Fatima was the only "sun miracle"; it wasn't.  Even Pope Pius XII claimed to have it seen from the Vatican gardens.

Yet the real fun fact is them happening mostly at the ass end of the world where people already are predisposed to believe in every kind of whoo. Yeah, I know, god is supposed to be working in mysterious ways, but if he's pulling a show in 1917 of all years. Why in rural Portugal? Why not in the trenches where millions of soldiers could have bowed their heads and ended the war immediately.

Thank you, but I rather go with a shrewd priest or local council who saw a splendid opportunity to move their community forward. I'm also more inclined towards believing that the kids were instrumentalised after the fact to bear witness before the press and the public at large.