A little response to "How Did the Apostles Die?"

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> > > BAKKE

> > > What sort of "miracle" is this?  A bunch of believers who are expecting

> > > to see a "sun miracle" stare into the Sun all morning and are then

> > > "astounded" to see motion and colors?  A simple understanding of how the

> > > optic nerve fatigues due to the overstimulation produced by a bright

> > > light is sufficient to explain this "miracle".  The young child who

> > > claimed to have received the promise from the Virgin Mary was said by

> > > her own mother to be delusional.

> >

> > BRIDEAN

> > I see.

>

> BAKKE

> So, you see how easy these things are to explain once one has a few

> facts to work with?

>

> > BRIDEAN

> > Well how do you explain the fact that there were godless communists

> > who converted on the spot.  I doubt that they were looking for a miracle (in

> > fact, they were there to make fun of the children and the pilgrims who flocked

> > there).?

>

> BAKKE

> "Communism" was not yet a going concern at the time of the Fatima

> incident.  Furthermore, Fatima is in the Iberian peninsula and not in

> Russia.  Finally, why can't "godless communists" be just as gullible as

> anybody else who doesn't understand what's going on?


BRIDEAN
But there were communists at the time.  And your excuse that Fatima is not
in Russia is a real gem.  Perhaps if President Clinton says that there is a growing
problem in Russia you can yell "Washington is not in Russia!".  Or in fact ANY
time someone says, "Russia will ..." then you can then remind them that they
are not in Russia.

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