Moving Statue In Donegal

irish1967

From Disassociated Press

Friday 2nd October 2009

Moving Statue Grants Available Early Next Year

Fáilte Ireland today confirmed that as of January 1st 2010 grants will be available to communities to enable them to begin works on their own moving statues. The news comes just a day after the Kerrytown, Dungloe statue which was funded by a pilot project last year went into full apparition mode.

The grants will be available to any local community in the country who wish to build or update an existing statue under the terms of the EU Religious Movement & Transformation Charter signed in Brussels earlier this year. These grants can be for between €500 to €10,000 depending on the size of the chosen statue, the movements it will need to make and the publicity required.

One of the earliest grants issued in 1985 to Ballinspittle, Co. Cork is still seen to this day as one of the EU’s most successful initiatives. The return on the initial investment in the small county Cork village is thought to have been immense. The provision of several kilos of psychedelic drugs is thought to have aided that particular project and made it the global success that it was.

It must be said that some experts are skeptical as to why these movement grants are only issued in times of economic recession. They are seen by many as one of the most effective diversionary weapons in the EU grant arsenal and have proved successful not only in Ireland but in countries such as France and Yugoslavia in the past.

Dungloe, a small town in the west of County Donegal is thought to have been chosen as the latest EU project as the town is no stranger to moving statues of Mary. The town hosts a festival each year in early August which celebrates Mary. Animated females are seen to glide across a large stage and wish for world peace and an end to global poverty during this week long event.

The fact that this latest grant aided scheme is based in the town land of Kerrytown is thought to have been a deliberate attempt by Fáilte Ireland to confuse American visitors into thinking that they are in fact in the southwest of the country.

It cannot be overlooked that this project was timed to coincide with the Lisbon Treaty vote which takes place today. It is thought that many thousands of devote Roman Catholics will be swayed to vote Yes to the Treaty with the promise of further EU sponsored moving statue schemes should the treaty be accepted. The use of the subliminal messaging in the fact that ‘Mary is moving and appears almost lifelike’ has been denied by the EU as being a reference to a national politician based in the county.

It remains to be seen whether the EU will insist on the addition of its trademark circle of stars to the statue in Kerrytown, Dungloe as it did back in 1985 in Ballinspittle as seen here

It is thought that a plaque stating its involvement may be erected at a later date.

The commencement of movement of The Dungloe statue is seen as strengthening the need for the western rail corridor and the improvement of roads in the area. The EU also denies that the presence of the Google Street car at the grotto during the launch was planned. Google today stated that, as is policy, the face of the statue will in fact be blurred out to protect the virgin’s identity. This has happened twice before with the county’s two other virgins.

In conclusion, as you drive the back roads of the county to visit the EU’s latest project and your faith in the God of Europe increases with every kilometre, don’t think about the cold weather or pelting rain but instead remember that famous biblical quote from Matthew 22 v.14
“For many are coweled, but few are frozen”.

Amen.

:rolleyes:

muffler

They might get the statue to move over to Crolly to help pull the machines out of the bog

irish1967

I got stuck in a bog once.

Nearly killed myself climbing out over the door.

ednwireland

wondered what you were on about until i saw this

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/grotto-statue-took-on-human-form-and-wept-say-witnesses-1902391.html

inode

this is how you know its Mushie season again :rolleyes:

furiousox

That's statutary assault! :pac:

irish1967

Due to public demand a second showing has been arranged.

http://oceanfm.ie/news/2009/10/02/another-apperance-by-blessed-virgin-predicted/

Durnish

what is Disassociated Press? Did you write that piece yourself?

North_West_Art

what about that tree stump they 'discovered' a few months ago in Rathkeale, Limerick, which bore a shape resembling the ephigy of mary on it... it made the papers etc. however, when Rathkeales reputation became clearer, it was viewed with much scepticism, and it then became more of a joke, than an miraculous sign of some sort....

what I want to know is, what became of the tree that belonged to that stump? Surely there must have been a corresponding image of mary on it, that is now going unprayed to. If they were smart, they could have cut it in 32, and sold a slice to every county.

Madam

Creeeeepy! I know if I saw a statue turning to look and me and mine - I'd run for the hills(assuming I'd even go near such a gathering)!!!! These folk are making us all a laughing stock with the rest of Ireland never mind the bigger world out there:mad:

irish1967

Durnish wrote: »

what is Disassociated Press? Did you write that piece yourself?

Yeah. Thats what happens when I have too much time on my hands I guess:)

Durnish

it's very funny,
I should have said that but I didn't know if it was yr original work.

puffdragon

Hi lads surely this is blasphemy or something, very funny though!!

jimm55

Blasphemy ? now thats a new slant. If you were there, I don't think "funny" would be a word you would use to decribe it. Scary, incrredible, amazing maybe, but it was certainly not funny.

irish1967

The fictional news report = funny. Not the event itself.

puffdragon

Yes the fictional news report was very funny, that's what I meant ,I'm sure the experience itself was far from funny and from listening to the witnesses I'm sure they were sincere in their account of the visions, far be it from me to cast aspersions on any miracles or apparitions considering what just took place in the Lisbon referendum!!:rolleyes:

muffler

Hello. Can you hear me?

Durnish

blasphemy? more in the eyes of the beholder, I think.

Some people, some weird kind of believers, may think that the claim that a plaster image of the mother of Jesus /God can cry or move is blasphemous in itself.

furiousox

jimm55 wrote: »

Blasphemy ? now thats a new slant. If you were there, I don't think "funny" would be a word you would use to decribe it. Scary, incrredible, amazing maybe, but it was certainly not funny.

Me and satan think its really funny, (throws head back and laughs evilly) "hwaaaa-haaa-haa, hwaaa-haaa-haaa" (rubs hands quickly together) etc etc :P

mk2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OVlyuwsu3s


quality:D:D:D:D

jimm55

Durnish wrote: »

blasphemy? more in the eyes of the beholder, I think.

Some people, some weird kind of believers, may think that the claim that a plaster image of the mother of Jesus /God can cry or move is blasphemous in itself.

Most people wuold say it could not happen. They would think that the sun does not roll around in the sky and turn blue in Knock in front of 40,000 people either. But it did today.

muffler

jimm55 wrote: »

Most people wuold say it could not happen. They would think that the sun does not roll around in the sky and turn blue in Knock in front of 40,000 people either. But it did today.

Well the sky was blue in this pic

irish1967

Blue mooooooooooon. You saw me standing alone with no mind of my own.

Barnaby

jimm55 wrote: »

Most people wuold say it could not happen. They would think that the sun does not roll around in the sky and turn blue in Knock in front of 40,000 people either. But it did today.

I know someone who was there today & saw it. She is not an avid believer in fact a real sceptic but she admits that she saw it & it happened!

muffler

Too much Blue Nun Id say

Barnaby

Sorry no she was most definitely 100% sober!

irish1967

I saw an Electric Blue years ago. Then I saw her face. Now I'm a believer. Not a trace of doubt in my mind.

Barnaby

Not a trace of doubt in mine either, I am a believer!

irish1967

Dam. I think I blue that !

muffler

I see the New Age followers were first in with this breaking story - about 2 years ago I think it was

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9D0tA8yKtc

Barnaby

In fairness my friend did not see the sun turn blue. She saw the clouds part, the sun rolled as did a white circle beside it which looked like the moon or the Host. Both rolled/spun.
Apparently the priests that were saying Mass left & came out to watch. When it was over everyone clapped. I only have this brief information from her on the telephone but will see her tomorrow to hear more.
I stress this is a young girl who is a sceptic, not a bible thumper by any means & went with her mother, she seriously is not making this up & is stunned by what she saw!

irish1967

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_hysteria

Barnaby

Yea right, you do not know this girl! Not one to be influenced by anyone or thing! She saw what she saw, you can argue until doomsday, it happened!

Noreen1

Well, personally, I was at neither Kerrytown, or Knock.
Nor, to my knowledge, was anyone that I know there.

Therefore, I have absolutely no way of making any objective judgement as to the reliability or otherwise of the witnesses - so, I'm quite happy to keep an open mind, and see what, if anything, transpires.

I suppose it depends how many people saw (or thought they saw) what.
If 40.000 people saw something, it's pretty hard to believe that there wasn't one rational thinking person, or downright unbeliever, among them.
If 40 people out of 40,000 say they saw something, then that negates any mass hysteria theory....... but it could considerably weaken the case for believing that anything unusual actually happened. It would then depend on the reliability of the witnesses.

I do, however, think it is unreasonable to dismiss peoples religious beliefs without giving reasonable consideration to what they have to say.
By the same token, it is unreasonable to expect others to accept our personal beliefs.

A delicate balancing act on a discussion forum, methinks!

Noreen

Barnaby

Well said Noreen!

Harps

Surely if the sun rolled or whatever then it would have been noticable anywhere in the world where the sun was shining instead of just being seen by a group of people who'd gathered specifically wanting something like that to happen?

furiousox

jimm55 wrote: »

Most people wuold say it could not happen. They would think that the sun does not roll around in the sky and turn blue in Knock in front of 40,000 people either. But it did today.

40,000 people saw the sun roll around in the sky and not one of them had a camcorder to record the evidence? :rolleyes:

irlpic

I wasn't at knock, but i was sent these photos by people who were.

Not much out of the ordinary or exciting to see in these images but the sun is a tricky subject to capture on camera.They described what happened as definitely unnatural.

Taken at 3.18pm, 11th Oct 2009;

furiousox

irlpic wrote: »

I wasn't at knock, but i was sent these photos by people who were.

Not much out of the ordinary or exciting to see in these images but the sun is a tricky subject to capture on camera.They described what happened as definitely unnatural.

Taken at 3.18pm, 11th Oct 2009;

l'm still surprised that there is no video footage (yet) of something so "unnatural"

Did the person who took the photos describe what happened there to you?

muffler

Apart from the last one all those pics appeared to have been "air brushed". And a very poor effort was made of it too.

irlpic

muffler wrote: »

Apart from the last one all those pics appeared to have been "air brushed". And a very poor effort was made of it too.

Wrong.
I recieved these images direct from source (a low quality camera phone) and can pledge for their authenticity.The visible colour may have been distorted only by the expected overexposure, due to excessive light.
Still,they are an actual record of the event.Being a sceptic myself,i would also like to see video evidence as a matter of interest.

the_dark_side

this occourance in Knock proves that Christianity is a religion that is based on pagan sun worship... take a quick look at this, it will change your mind on the subject for ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKG59NUdn8A

gdael

furiousox wrote: »

l'm still surprised that there is no video footage (yet) of something so "unnatural"

Did the person who took the photos describe what happened there to you?

Its even more far-fetched that there are no photos or videos of the event, than the event actually happening.

A bus and a Luas crashed on O'Connell street. Did you see the amount of photos on the net within 5 minutes, clearly showing a bus and a tram crashed.

The virgin Mary appears at a predicted time and place and what photos of videos are there? None. A few photos of the sun and thats all.

jimm55

furiousox wrote: »

40,000 people saw the sun roll around in the sky and not one of them had a camcorder to record the evidence? :rolleyes:

Actually , I do have video evidience of Our Lady when she was giving the message to Joe Coleman , and the sun . The quality is not very good as I was getting pushed about so much, it was impossible to keep it steady. I want to show it to the church authorities first. Having said that , it is clearer than anything I have seen on u-tube so far.

irish1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK-UiwKhTdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsiqPwcSfqg

I hope the second posters faith is better than their spelling

ednwireland

i know its unusual to see sun and clouds in ireland but c'mon

anyway beleive in stuff you cant prove is the basis of faith (mind you this sums it up for me)

Douglas Adams, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,

"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that You exist, and so therefore, by Your own arguments, You don't. Q.E.D."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing


hmm see weird stuff after staring at the sun

furiousox

Well first of all, there's no "mary" to be seen anywhere in the video so the title is misleading.

All l can see is the sun shining through some clouds, it's not spinning or dancing across the sky as was reported.

l wasn't there so l accept that whatever happened may not be coming across too well in the video but the sun breaking through some clouds doesn't really warrant a round of applause, no matter how bad the summer was.

LoanShark

Call me Old Fashioned...But What were we supposed to see? The second video if you squinted your eyes you might have seen something..

In the first one Was all a blur...

And then what do we do when the mother of God appears?? We Clap! ...
" Good Show Mary! did'nt think you'd be showing up!"

furiousox

andyc09lad wrote: »

Joe Coleman has said that'll she'll appear in knock on the 31st of october and because no one is believing that'll she is appearing she'll deliever a message thats gonna rock the world

Led Zeppelin for Slane 2010?

Yeah!!!

muffler

andyc09lad wrote: »

she'll deliever a message thats gonna rock the world

*announces details of Status Quo's comeback tour"

Noreen1

andyc09lad wrote: »

Joe Coleman has said that'll she'll appear in knock on the 31st of october and because no one is believing that'll she is appearing she'll deliever a message thats gonna rock the world

I started out keeping an open mind on this - but when I heard Joe Coleman say she said "My church" - then that caused some real problems for me - because I don't believe Mary would refer to it as "her" church. It is not Mary's church, it's Gods church.
Now I'm not saying that people didn't see what they have claimed to - but I'm not willing to believe that the Blessed Virgin put herself in Gods place, either........

Noreen