Growing up,my favourite [regular] miracle was that of' the "levitating saint", Joseph of Cupertino. A monk, he would often enter a state of religious ecstacy when praying and levitate. He would even do this out of doors when all of the monks were praying,so that one would be obliged to grab his belt to prevent him from floating away.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitating_Saints
In recent times there was the stigmata Therese Neumann , surviving on only on a couple of communion wafers a day.
hock:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therese_Neumann
Modern Hinduism is full of living saints and miracle workers.There is one very famous one called Sathya Sai Baba, who produces objects from the air.When with poor followers,it's flowers. When with rich followers, gold trinkets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba
Do I believe these miracles? Not for a second. Carl Sagan said; "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". There is no such evidence for these claims.
My position is that as a species,we humans often see what we want to see,are gullible and easily duped,and above all, virtually all human beings lie,constantly. The average is about two or three times every ten minutes, I think. It might be more.
I found the linked wiki article below fascinating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitating_Saints
In recent times there was the stigmata Therese Neumann , surviving on only on a couple of communion wafers a day.
hock:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therese_Neumann
Modern Hinduism is full of living saints and miracle workers.There is one very famous one called Sathya Sai Baba, who produces objects from the air.When with poor followers,it's flowers. When with rich followers, gold trinkets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba
Do I believe these miracles? Not for a second. Carl Sagan said; "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". There is no such evidence for these claims.
My position is that as a species,we humans often see what we want to see,are gullible and easily duped,and above all, virtually all human beings lie,constantly. The average is about two or three times every ten minutes, I think. It might be more.
I found the linked wiki article below fascinating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie
