Crying Statue

[MorganGrayson]

These stories are indeed "interesting," but generally found to be the work of, as stated "natural phenomenon," or the rather unnatural behavior of an individual.

This is my favorite part, though:

The nature of the tears may never be determined. An official with the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento said there are no plans to launch an investigation. Father James Murphy said most of these sightings are the result of natural phenomena. There is no indication, according to the church, that the tears are a hoax.

"No indication" that it is a hoax...determined *without* launching an investigation. I wish the Diocese had somebody in charge of proofreading their quotes, who could say "uh...does that really make sense?"

[PornoDoggy]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

These stories are indeed "interesting," but generally found to be the work of, as stated "natural phenomenon," or the rather unnatural behavior of an individual.

This is my favorite part, though:


"No indication" that it is a hoax...determined *without* launching an investigation. I wish the Diocese had somebody in charge of proofreading their quotes, who could say "uh...does that really make sense?"

I think the sentence in question makes perfectly good sense. "No obvious signs" might have been a better phrase, but that's what they meant by "no indication."

Some story or another like this crops up every couple of months. In most of them the Church usually issues a neutral (if not outright skeptical) statement. It's the media who spread the stories and the laymen who argue for their authenticity.

If anyone happens to have a list of email addresses for people prone to believing in this sort of phenomena, I would like to borrow it - merely for investigation and dialouge purposes, of course.