Friday, March 30, 2007

Does this make any sense at all?

The Pope cured my Parkinson's!

Smiling broadly, the French nun whose claims could be accepted as the miracle that the Vatican needs to beatify Pope John Paul II said Friday that she was inexplicably and suddenly "cured" of Parkinson's disease -- thanks to him. . . .

Her cure came on the night of June 2, 2005, exactly two months after the pontiff's death, she said. In her room after evening prayers, she said an inner voice urged her to take up her pen and write. She did, and was surpassed to see that her handwriting -- which had grown illegible because of her illness -- was clear. She said she then went to bed, and woke early the next morning feeling "completely transformed." . . .

Before her cure, her fellow nuns in the "Little Sisters of Catholic Maternities" had been praying to John Paul for her recovery, she added.

I know that Catholic apologetics can cite chapter and verse on why humans need the church to intercede between them and the "personal" god they believe in, but this seems to completely flaunt the basic Christian theory that you pray to god, not another human.

What are the odds that the Catholic church will investigate and find this not to be a miracle (i.e. she never had Parkinsons, it went into spontaneous remission, some other "rational" explanation)? About the same as George Bush being elected President of North Korea.

1 comment:

Eric Haas said...

They're trying to get John Paul declared a saint, and since he's a few short in the miracles category, they have to manufacture a few for him.