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dmallind

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13. possibly - why would it matter?

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #10)

Mon May 28, 2012, 07:02 PM

May 2012

The Torygraph and its staff are far more likely to laud religion than condemn it.

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Indian skeptic faces 3 year prison sentence for explaining dripping crucifix [View all] cleanhippie May 2012 OP

oh brother! iemitsu May 2012 #1

Who are you proposing gets executed? rug May 2012 #5

executed? where did i propose that? iemitsu May 2012 #8

You must have meant accidental martyrdom. rug May 2012 #18

i suppose, but only if they accidentally drank the dripping fluid. iemitsu May 2012 #25

Now that that's cleared up, what about this? rug May 2012 #26

i had spent the morning reading about the vatican scandals iemitsu May 2012 #28

NP. There's a lot to criticize. rug May 2012 #29

His problem is that reality has an anti-religious bias. (n/t) Jim Lane May 2012 #2

perhaps he is just against liars and frauds Angry Dragon May 2012 #3

Sanal Edamaruku did a public service PufPuf23 May 2012 #4

Sanal Edamaruku is the real deal longship May 2012 #6

Hm. And he takes a position that appears to be a common debating point here. daaron May 2012 #52

I agree with Sanal on that. longship May 2012 #56

Reminds me of a James Randi challenge to kill him with homeopathy. :) daaron May 2012 #57

Unless one's diabetic ;) longship May 2012 #60

That is FUCKING AWESOME!!! Odin2005 May 2012 #72

Any details? Like, y'know, exactly who was claiming exactly what was a miracle? struggle4progress May 2012 #7

Strange lapse in google-fu there. dmallind May 2012 #9

Is the author the same Praveen Swami who works for UK's Daily Telegraph? struggle4progress May 2012 #10

possibly - why would it matter? dmallind May 2012 #13

The Telegraph is very likely to carry "weird news" stories denigrating funny folk in foreign lands struggle4progress May 2012 #14

This was reported by the BBC World Service weeks ago. Odin2005 May 2012 #70

By all means let us have your BBC link struggle4progress May 2012 #74

Here is a picture I found by searching for struggle4progress May 2012 #11

Strange none of The Hindu's millions of readers seem to doubt it dmallind May 2012 #12

As usual, I take the view that if the story is worth our attention, then we should get details right struggle4progress May 2012 #15

None of which? Bullshit dmallind May 2012 #33

Maybe the commentators did not read widely with an eye for discerning the truth: struggle4progress May 2012 #16

Are you arguing that the weeping cross must be a miracle because LiberalAndProud May 2012 #19

I'm just trying to figure out what the actual story is. struggle4progress May 2012 #20

Since the articles make mention of television appearances, LiberalAndProud May 2012 #23

The questions you should be asking are skepticscott May 2012 #31

As water dripping from statutes doesn't much impress me much one way or the other, struggle4progress May 2012 #32

Then you should be very interested skepticscott May 2012 #51

The law can be traced back to 1860, but has been modified slightly several times since, notably struggle4progress May 2012 #54

Back to the facts now: what evidence do you have that the state has actually taken struggle4progress May 2012 #55

Where did I or anyone say skepticscott May 2012 #77

No, this is just what he does whenever a news article is posted... trotsky May 2012 #49

Or...for sane people dmallind May 2012 #34

I can't determine from the video I've posted how that explanation works: struggle4progress May 2012 #37

How convenient. nt daaron May 2012 #58

You do science no honor by asserting you have a scientific explanation struggle4progress May 2012 #63

Here is another question: is the Church of Our Lady of Velankanni struggle4progress May 2012 #17

How many St. Peter's churches exist? dmallind May 2012 #36

I asked because when I attempted to google the named church on the named road struggle4progress May 2012 #39

It seems Edamaruku has been claiming since early April "I may be arrested any moment" struggle4progress May 2012 #21

This seems to be TV coverage from early April struggle4progress May 2012 #22

It seems to consist largely of various folk attempting to outscream each other struggle4progress May 2012 #24

just like fox news. iemitsu May 2012 #27

Churchman on the program repeatedly says that the church is not claiming any miracle here but struggle4progress May 2012 #30

Were they claiming a miracle BEFORE he debunked it? dmallind May 2012 #35

I don't remember the color of anyone's underwear being of critical importance to a news story struggle4progress May 2012 #41

He's just asking for facts. trotsky May 2012 #50

I haven't read all your links or watched the vids, so pardon me for asking. LiberalAndProud May 2012 #38

I have no idea. I'm just trying to get the accurate story struggle4progress May 2012 #40

Do you believe Edamaruku is lying? LiberalAndProud May 2012 #42

I think there is much posturing here. And in fact there is so much posturing here struggle4progress May 2012 #43

We'll agree on this. I believe Edamaruku is trying to exploit this episode LiberalAndProud May 2012 #44

I wish they would caption this, though. A translation would be very helpful. LiberalAndProud May 2012 #45

So here is something that seems curious to me: struggle4progress May 2012 #47

Capillary action. daaron May 2012 #59

You have not at all understood my objection. struggle4progress May 2012 #61

Sure I did. daaron May 2012 #62

I think if you regard liquid transport in trees as adequately modeled struggle4progress May 2012 #64

Oh, there was little point in continuing "discussion" before I posted word one. nt daaron May 2012 #65

This is why super over the top political correctness is bad. Omniscientone May 2012 #46

Well, the Indian law has nothing whatsoever to do with "political correctness" struggle4progress May 2012 #48

See? It's the bias that's the problem. Not the bullshit. Iggo May 2012 #53

Where we are with this story: struggle4progress May 2012 #66

Your supposition could not be further off-base. cleanhippie May 2012 #68

I've posted a link to his blog, various links to news accounts, and at least one link to TV footage struggle4progress May 2012 #71

Again, your claim is nothing more than supposition. cleanhippie May 2012 #75

Well, they think wine turns into blood... Gore1FL May 2012 #67

I heard this on the BBC a few weeks ago and it pissed me off. Odin2005 May 2012 #69

I posted the text in #54 upthread: it seems to have been last modified around 1960 and has existed struggle4progress May 2012 #73

Found a still photo of the crucifix shown in the video footage: struggle4progress May 2012 #76