It's a miracle! Oops, I guess it isn't

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:51 am

SnoozeControl wrote: Town council douses miracle fountain

From correspondents in Wadowice, Poland

July 31, 2006 12:00am

PILGRIMS who queued to drink from a miracle fountain flowing from a statue of the late pope John Paul II were disappointed to hear it is just a council-installed water pipe.

Locals in the pope's birthplace of Wadowice, near Krakow, thought a miracle had happened when water started to run from the base of his statue.

Word spread throughout Poland and pilgrims from around the country visited to fill bottles with the "holy" water.

However, Mayor Eva Filipiak dashed their illusions by admitting a water pipe had been installed under the statue.

"We didn't mean anything by it, it was just supposed to make the statue look prettier," she said.

Ooooops....just goes to show how gullible people are.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:57 am

When people want to believe something

There is no stopping them, is there?

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:26 am

I wonder how many people experienced a "miracle" because of this water before the truth came out. I think, if they believed strongly enough that it was miracle water, it could have worked for quite a few.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:30 am

Peg wrote: I wonder how many people experienced a "miracle" because of this water before the truth came out. I think, if they believed strongly enough that it was miracle water, it could have worked for quite a few.

Right on!

Perception IS reality.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:31 am

Interesting story. I had the same thought, wonder if anyone did have a miracle!! Aren't they looking into sainthood for the Pope?