Yes, that's one of the hallmarks of the Modernists, the attempt to "rationalize" various miracles. Oh, when Moses parted the Red Sea, well, that was just some low-tide phenomenon in a large marsh. When the plagues hit Egypt, there are natural explanations for those things. So to dismiss a miracle simply because there may be no rational explanation, that's classic Modernism.
Also, backing away from something because it may be perceived negatively by non-Catholics ... who would distort it and set up a straw man, that too is Modernist.
I said in my last post I am out of here because when debate turns into insults against a person then it ceases to be a debate. That said, little did I think insults could get worse, so much so that I cannot let such a personal attack on a catholic forum go by without reply.
Here above Ladislaus infers I come under the category of one who questions the revelations of the Holy Bible. Can you Mr Ladislaus show contributers one such modernist opinion I have ever given on CIF?
That said, the same Holy Bible does tell us that Satan is capable of fooling mankind with wonders, false signs and prodigies. Go Google Archbishop Francis Patrick Kenrick who quoted 2 Thessalonians in his
Acts of the Apostles the Epistles of St Paul, the Catholic Epistles and the Apocalypse. The Archbishop explains: '
The wonders which Antichrist with his agents will perform will be illusionary. Her will display all power. but nothing real, all things only for deception.' Saint John Chrysostom
Here then God tells us to be careful and examine such wonders. Well some did. All apparitions began with a flash of light and the sound of bees buzzing, hardly a sign from heaven.
I will end there as further details like the vison ending the 15 Saturday devotions with one of 5; an angel giving communion to the children when St Thomas aquinas said only a priest can give Holy Communion; and the Lady allowing the children to break the 5th commandment by not doing what their parents told them to do seems to be of no consequence in this message from heaven for most. I will leave you Ladislaus to explain all these problems.