Look at who they use to confirm its "authenticity", scientists!, the same scientists who incorrectly date the Shroud as well as deny other true Catholic miracles.
Science cannot determine those dimensions of said miracles which are metaphysical and supernatural by measuring the physical properties of substances.
Gullible men are all to eager to credit such things as true. Father Pfeiffer was right when he said that miracles come from God to confirm the Truth, Catholic truth.
Who are we to believe in such things, Novus Ordo clerics?
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I'm not convinced you can so accurately blame the scientists. On the face of it, they are only working with what they are given, even if they have no faith. It is claimed the scientists were not told where the samples came from, and while it wasn't spelled out, such labs get samples every day from detectives and law enforcement, looking for credible evidence they can use in court and such. So as far as the scientists ostensibly knew, it was just another day at the office, so to speak.
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The thing that seems to be missing though, is they didn't mention if they asked the scientists how OLD the samples were. If it were a court case, the age since death would have been of primary concern. Maybe the lab report wasn't adequately relayed in the story. Maybe the lab report DID say what the age was and maybe that data point wasn't convenient for the story. A lot depends on who is reading and interpreting the lab report.
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But one thing is for sure. When Jorge Bergoglio "approved" the "miracle" it would seem he was not worried whether it could have been a hoax. It seems as though he was happy enough with the results THIS TIME. If there had been two previous "attempts" at "getting the miracle to work" as the description in my previous post above says there were, that puts Bergoglio in the thick of it, and then we have something else to wonder about: was he elected at the conclave because he had managed to pull off this big boost that promotes Vat.II with a so-called miracle that compares so well side-by-side to the miracle of Lanciano, of all things? (Nobody questions Lanciano -- but all they had to do was get all the same tests to succeed using Lanciano as the blueprint for success!)
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The Scripture quote 2Vermont supplied sure looks like a slam dunk. I wish I had come up with that one! :cheers: