Matteo Martini
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I hope I have not bored everyone here with my ( ill? ) interest in religious paranormal
I have a public proposal for everyone interested: why not to create a site where to put and discuss all the information about religious paranormal?
At the moment, no such site exists, in general skeptic sites ( Randi, CSICOP, CICAP, etc.) there are not many information available
Last night, I spent many hours dealing with a " hard " Catholic who was talking about the " miracle " of St. Bernadette; took me few hours to research for a reasonable explanation of the phenomena
Here are few links about the claimed miracle:
http://www.christianmystics.com/traditional/women/bernadette1.shtml
http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3048
This time I checked carefully all the 6 entries the randi.org site gives for " Bernadette " and, about this claim, there is only written " Bernadette's face is made of wax " here: http://www.randi.org/jr/102502.html
In another site I found the different explanation that not all the dead bodies actually go on in decomposition, but some actually con look like " uncorrupted " after many years.
I do not know which one of the above explanations can be true, but I think more research should be done in this area.
If anyone is interested to collaborate, please send me a PM.
Moreover, I think Randi should ( in my personal opinion!! ) somehow include such claims within the scope of the Challenge.
I know he will never do that ( point 2.5 of the FAQs, I know!! ), but that` s a pity because he is leaving out many claims on the paranormal which he could somehow deal with
Just my 2 cents` worth opinion, however
I hope I have not bored everyone here with my ( ill? ) interest in religious paranormal
I have a public proposal for everyone interested: why not to create a site where to put and discuss all the information about religious paranormal?
At the moment, no such site exists, in general skeptic sites ( Randi, CSICOP, CICAP, etc.) there are not many information available
Last night, I spent many hours dealing with a " hard " Catholic who was talking about the " miracle " of St. Bernadette; took me few hours to research for a reasonable explanation of the phenomena
Here are few links about the claimed miracle:
http://www.christianmystics.com/traditional/women/bernadette1.shtml
http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3048
This time I checked carefully all the 6 entries the randi.org site gives for " Bernadette " and, about this claim, there is only written " Bernadette's face is made of wax " here: http://www.randi.org/jr/102502.html
In another site I found the different explanation that not all the dead bodies actually go on in decomposition, but some actually con look like " uncorrupted " after many years.
I do not know which one of the above explanations can be true, but I think more research should be done in this area.
If anyone is interested to collaborate, please send me a PM.
Moreover, I think Randi should ( in my personal opinion!! ) somehow include such claims within the scope of the Challenge.
I know he will never do that ( point 2.5 of the FAQs, I know!! ), but that` s a pity because he is leaving out many claims on the paranormal which he could somehow deal with
Just my 2 cents` worth opinion, however
