They'd probably still have called it witchcraft even if the guy hadn't been sleeping under it when it collapsed.
As far as the bleeding statues goes, we really can't rule out pious fraud which makes up the vast majority of cases of "bleeding" or "crying" statues. I read of a study where scientists took a sample of "tears" from a crying statue to have them analyzed. Turns out it was plain olive oil (don't know if it was virgin or extra virgin, lol). Apparently when you apply olive oil to a statue like that, it gives the appearance of liquid continuing to flow from the statue since the olive oil doesn't dry. Similar tests done on "blood" from bleeding statues showed olive oil and food coloring or some other kind of red pigment. Apparently nobody ever sees the statue start to bleed, but the "miracle" is witnessed by the faithful already in progress, giving reason to believe that someone applied the fake blood to it at some point.
As far as the bleeding statues goes, we really can't rule out pious fraud which makes up the vast majority of cases of "bleeding" or "crying" statues. I read of a study where scientists took a sample of "tears" from a crying statue to have them analyzed. Turns out it was plain olive oil (don't know if it was virgin or extra virgin, lol). Apparently when you apply olive oil to a statue like that, it gives the appearance of liquid continuing to flow from the statue since the olive oil doesn't dry. Similar tests done on "blood" from bleeding statues showed olive oil and food coloring or some other kind of red pigment. Apparently nobody ever sees the statue start to bleed, but the "miracle" is witnessed by the faithful already in progress, giving reason to believe that someone applied the fake blood to it at some point.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
