Worshippers say they’ve witnessed a ‘miracle’ after Virgin Mary statue ‘cries’
The small figure was filmed ‘crying’ by visitors to a church in El Chanal, Colima, Mexico.
Hundreds of people are reported to have flocked to the church to witness it weeping.
Many have linked the ‘tears’ with the ongoing violence in the state of Colima.
Víctor added: ‘We can associate it with… the violence rates that are being experienced here in the state of Colima, also here in the community.’
Some 702 confirmed intentional homicides had been recorded by the Colima Prosecutor’s Office as of October this year.
But others are sceptical of the ‘miracle’ and have offered scientific explanations for what happened.
Professor Luigi Garlaschelli explained some statues have the ability to absorb water due to the porosity of the materials they are made of.
He said: ‘You need a hollow statue made of plaster or ceramic, which must be covered on the outside with a waterproof layer.
‘By filling the statue with water through an imperceptible hole at the top, the porous material will absorb it, but the outer layer will prevent it from coming out.
‘However, if a slight scratch is made in the protective glaze in the tear duct area, the absorbed water will come out through it as if it were tears.’
https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/15/mexico-wo...-19825112/
The small figure was filmed ‘crying’ by visitors to a church in El Chanal, Colima, Mexico.
Hundreds of people are reported to have flocked to the church to witness it weeping.
Many have linked the ‘tears’ with the ongoing violence in the state of Colima.
Víctor added: ‘We can associate it with… the violence rates that are being experienced here in the state of Colima, also here in the community.’
Some 702 confirmed intentional homicides had been recorded by the Colima Prosecutor’s Office as of October this year.
But others are sceptical of the ‘miracle’ and have offered scientific explanations for what happened.
Professor Luigi Garlaschelli explained some statues have the ability to absorb water due to the porosity of the materials they are made of.
He said: ‘You need a hollow statue made of plaster or ceramic, which must be covered on the outside with a waterproof layer.
‘By filling the statue with water through an imperceptible hole at the top, the porous material will absorb it, but the outer layer will prevent it from coming out.
‘However, if a slight scratch is made in the protective glaze in the tear duct area, the absorbed water will come out through it as if it were tears.’
https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/15/mexico-wo...-19825112/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
