(February 7, 2020 at 8:03 pm)ColdComfort Wrote:(February 7, 2020 at 4:29 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Hmmm, empoverished Portugal, illiterate populace, three prophecies in hindsight and a dictatorship just in need to grab that harness over the people.
Are you tuga?
Portugal was not a dictatorship at the time. It was a republic that was very anti-clerical. The secular authorities were hostile to the claims as was most of the Church and the Press. Only in 1930 did the Church declare it 'worthy of belief". The prophecies were not made in hindsight. As one example, the warnings about Russia were made at a time when that country was an absolute theocracy quite some time before the Bolshevik victory. And the miracle of the sun was witnessed by 30,000 to 40,000 people. It was predicted beforehand not in hindsight. That's why so many people were there. The testimony has been collected and written down. The crowd was a mix of Catholics, non-believers come to scoff, and just curious people.
Was Portugal impoverished at the time or particularly illiterate compared to the rest of Europe? I never heard that but I don't see why it would matter.
The prophecies were vague enough to be read that way. The sun wobbling, it is an impossibility, most certainly wobbling heads. 30 to 40 thousand people there you say? Thats the account in the 1930s when dictatorship was in place and eager to use the powerfull mass control tool that is religion. They even said it "the portuguese people needs just the FFF. Fado Football and Fatima.
