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struggle4progress

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

Tue May 29, 2012, 10:52 PM

May 2012

If you know in detail what explanation Edamaruku gave, feel free to provide it: I haven't found it in detail yet, and I don"t see anyone else posting it here, so we don't know in full detail what explanation Edamaruku gave and for that reason it's impossible for us to know whether his explanation was actually correct

Your link regarding "blasphemy law" discusses India's IT Amendment Act of 2008, rather than IPC 295A which is what is usually called the blasphemy act. The alleged events took place in March; it is now nearly June, and as far as I can tell (though I might be wrong) no prosecution is in sight. If you believe Edamaruku is likely to be charged under the IT Amendment Act of 2008, you are free to provide any evidence, of such, that you can muster, but I should think your argument ought to be specific to the facts surrounding Edamaruku

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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