I tried a Post couple of days ago, about this Interesting stuff, so if there is repetition please forgive me.
I recall my own 'Fatima-Miracle of the Sun phase', after having read the 'pamphlet'. Now, half-century later, I still 'believe' in what was seen and heard by those kids (Lourdes & Fatima; don't know much about Medjugoria), but in a different way! Don't think we should spend much time talking about 'fake' and 'deception'. Most of our aboriginal forebears put a lot of 'faith' in dreams, and perhaps these visionary phenomena partake of that neuro-psychological space. Neither would I want to read much about brain-scanning. Gawd! What they would have put those Lourdes and Fatima children through, if they had eeg, ecg, or whatever? Better to think of them as little 'saints' or 'angels', and leave them alone. In lighter vein, the novel Breakfast at Tiffanys has a segment where an observer of the capricious Holly Golightly condems her as 'a fake'. Her defender replys, "Yeah; I'll grant you she is a fake; but she's a real fake"! It may be just a little (very little) off target, but I would recommend two books written by my Canadian compatriot Tom Harpur (Linguist and Biblical Scholar). They can be found on Amazon, or now on India's good booksite FlipKart---The Pagan Christ; and Water into Wine. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Goa-launch of the well-received *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho on Aug 29, 2010 (Sunday) at 11 am at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Meet the author, buy a signed copy (only Rs 295 in Goa till stock lasts). http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
