No Show at Knock

fatmammycat

Well, it came, it went, but still Mary didn't show up at Knock, as I pretty much predicted last week over on the Christianity Forum. There were journalists and photographers there but nary a photo of a single 'miracle' or sign.


http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1012/1224256437842.html

Honestly, when will this this sort of thing will die out in this country? Will it ever? How can people like Joe Coleman make such a ridiculous claim- be proven false- and still have people swallowing his guff?

Dades

"Maggie Ahern, from Castlebar, had no doubt that the happenings in Knock were due to “heavenly intervention”.

:facepalm:

Dr Pepper

Sad! At least a lot of stupid people permanently damaged their eyesight (a la Darwin awards)..

dragonsgates

Dr Pepper wrote: »

Sad! At least a lot of stupid people permanently damaged their eyesight (a la Darwin awards)..

scary to think that 5,000 showed up

the late late audience would be proud

fatmammycat

What's scary is the way it's being reported in the papers. I didn't see "'Sun was shiny' says witless cretin." anywhere. And hello, didn't old Joe say Mary herself was popping along? So where was she?
No no, in this country nincompoops can claim any amount of balderdash and papers won't call them on it. It is ridiculous.

Goduznt Xzst

Quite a number of those present were members of the Travelling community.

dragonsgates wrote: »

scary to think that 5,000 showed up

afaik, it was just a handful of locals and 1 traveling family.

Turtwig

fatmammycat wrote: »

Well, it came, it went, but still Mary didn't show up at Knock, as I pretty much predicted last week over on the Christianity Forum. There were journalists and photographers there but nary a photo of a single 'miracle' or sign.


http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1012/1224256437842.html

Honestly, when will this this sort of thing will die out in this country? Will it ever? How can people like Joe Coleman make such a ridiculous claim- be proven false- and still have people swallowing his guff?

:eek:
Hang on a second,
Those peope are claiming they saw something supernatural with suns rays:(
I'm convinced it's all true:rolleyes:

Busi_Girl08

So, what? These people just stood there staring directly at the sun for 5 minutes, and thought it was "heavenly intervention" when they saw different colours and flashes?

Chances are they probably saw all those flashes and lights everywhere they looked for a while afterwards.:rolleyes:
I could get the same effect looking directly at a lightbulb.

GLaDOS

Some people really are idiots

Kinky Slinky

It’s like we are still living in the dark ages, standing looking at the sun. God seems to love knock for some strange reason. It scare me when I think people actually believe these things, it’s almost cultish. The amount of people that go to knock every year and claim that it cured their cancer, I’d say if 20’000 people with cancer came over to my house and held my lucky rock for ten minutes a few of them would be cured

Sam Vimes

Kinky Slinky wrote: »

It’s like we are still living in the dark ages, standing looking at the sun. God seems to love knock for some strange reason. It scare me when I think people actually believe these things, it’s almost cultish. The amount of people that go to knock every year and claim that it cured their cancer, I’d say if 20’000 people with cancer came over to my house and held my lucky rock for ten minutes a few of them would be cured

Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm.
Lisa: That’s specious reasoning, Dad.
Homer: Thank you, dear.
Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away.
Homer: Oh, how does it work?
Lisa: It doesn’t work.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: It’s just a stupid rock.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: But I don’t see any tigers around, do you?
Homer: Lisa, I want to buy your rock.

alfranken

For those of you who don't know of him, go to his blog.
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/10/i_see_there_are_a_few_wacky_pe.php

seamus

****s sake, I hadn't seen that article in the irish times.

Newsflash for people; if you stare directly at the sun, it will:

1. Change colour repeatedly
2. Appear to "dance" and move in the sky
3. Appear to "spin".

These are all functions of your eye being completely and utterely unable to cope with the intensity of light hitting your retina. It's an optical trick, I've no idea why people are convinced it's anything else.

Dades

alfranken wrote: »

For those of you who don't know of him, go to his blog.
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/10/i_see_there_are_a_few_wacky_pe.php

FYI - I just moved this to the existing Knock thread.

stevejazzx

What century am I in. I feel like I'm reading about a bunch of primitive yahoos from the 14th centruy Ireland or something. Staring into the sun and seeing things...I thought the sun the worshipping ages were over, talk about backwardness!

robindch

Reminds me of a joke I heard:

Punter number one: Here, I'm going to Knock.
Punter number two: Really?
Punter number one: Yeah, look...(*)

You probably need to be in a pub to do this one properly.

(*) punter number one closes fist and raps knuckles on nearest door or table.

MrPudding

robindch wrote: »

Reminds me of a joke I heard:

Punter number one: Here, I'm going to Knock.
Punter number two: Really?
Punter number one: Yeah, look...(*)

You probably need to be in a pub to do this one properly.

(*) punter number one closes fist and raps knuckles on nearest door or table.

That is really bad...

MrP

stevejazzx

robindch wrote: »

Reminds me of a joke I heard:

Punter number one: Here, I'm going to Knock.
Punter number two: Really?
Punter number one: Yeah, look...(*)

You probably need to be in a pub to do this one properly.

(*) punter number one closes fist and raps knuckles on nearest door or table.

Daftendirekt

Yvonne Rabbitte, from Dunmore, Co Galway, showed other pilgrims a photograph she had taken on her digital camera which showed vivid rays radiating downwards from the sun at the time the image was taken.

Rays? From the sun?

It's official then. It's a miracle.

GLaDOS

Daftendirekt wrote: »

Rays? From the sun?

It's official then. It's a miracle.

They were vivid rays though, vivid!

fatmammycat

robindch wrote: »

Reminds me of a joke I heard:

Punter number one: Here, I'm going to Knock.
Punter number two: Really?
Punter number one: Yeah, look...(*)

You probably need to be in a pub to do this one properly.

(*) punter number one closes fist and raps knuckles on nearest door or table.

Oh dear!:P

Dave!

Hey who was it that started a skeptic society in UCD or somewhere?

Comment from PZ in his blog:

But Maynooth is way over by Dublin, and Galway is on the western side! They must be like thousands and thousands of miles apart!

Actually, my travel plans haven't been finalized yet -- I'm going to be at Galway on 4 February, which is fairly definite, but could be talked into extending my trip a little bit to visit another university.


Get on the blower, whoever it is !

Red Hand

robindch wrote: »

Reminds me of a joke I heard:

Punter number one: Here, I'm going to Knock.
Punter number two: Really?
Punter number one: Yeah, look...(*)

You probably need to be in a pub to do this one properly.

(*) punter number one closes fist and raps knuckles on nearest door or table.

I was half thinking of taking this up in Feedback.

:pac: