Stupid things religious people say

[Sheldon]

"Oh look, I am a Catholic priest, and I just made up this fairy tale to entice gullible people to buy the snake oil that my religion is peddling, and to encourage those who are already buying the product to give even more money."

The Miracle at Goleta Valley Hospital

There was an emergency at the local hospital in Goleta. They needed a [Catholic] priest right away. So I jumped in my car and drove there as quickly as possible.

When I arrived at the hospital, I just walked into the emergency room the charge nurse said: “I’m sorry Father John, he’s already flat lined.“

The cardiac machines were not beeping and the nurses were getting ready to take off the sticky patches with electric wires. I felt very bad about the situation and then I noticed the man was wearing a cloth brown scapular. I took a moment and said, “Oh look; he’s wearing an old-fashioned scapular, one of the old cloth ones”. I touched the scapular and immediately the heart monitor started to beat. He opened his eyes and in an Irish accent said: “Father I’m so glad you’re here. I want to go to confession“.

The doctor came out of his office and was angry because he had already made out the death certificate. The patient looked surprised and I said, ” God bless you” and then made the sign over him very quickly. Immediately they went into action and took him into surgery.

About three weeks later, he came to see me at the parish. He said that the doctor had treated him in surgery and that he was on a waiting list to get a new heart. We prayed a little bit together and he left.

About four weeks later, the man came back to see me at the parish. He told me that he had seen the cardiologist, and the cardiologist was amazed, but that his heart was healed. He could find nothing wrong with his heart at all. So he was to keep his heart and not have to have surgery. We laughed in joy at that news.

He said that God had healed him. I was very surprised, because I don’t expect miracles to happen like this. I know they have happened, but I never thought I would see one so plain and simple and in my presence. I have never expected to see a miracle and I certainly did not cause this one. This was all the will and the work of God!

https://catholicstand.com/the-miracle-at...-hospital/

And, of course, the priest never names that man so that we could look into the medical documents and validate this fairytale.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, next.