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September 9th, 2011
11:08 AM ET
Family credits Virgin Mary statue for saving their house from wildfire(CNN)– Wildfires are raging in Texas. At the Garcia's home in Montgomery County, Texas the fire line comes right up to a statue of the Virgin Mary. The family tells CNN affiliate KTRK they believe the statue helped saved their home.
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I saw another instance where the fire stopped at the fence. I've been genuflecting at every fence I see ever since.
What about where it just stopped at grass? It was patchy all over the place where it didn't burn.
Simply put, virgin Mary is a fireman. Firemen put out fires. Glad she's employed.
I read these posts and I'm torn: Should I laugh or cry? For crying out loud, live and let live! It's a very simple motto that well deserves practicing each day. Personally, I wouldn't put my faith on a statue. But others do, and I respect their...naiveté.
Love it! You play the fair "I can see both sides" angle then BAM ... insult right at the end. lol
If the father committed a murder/suicide of his family, the neighborhood IQ would double.
Hmmm who's to say the statue was not placed after the fire stopped?
I know, look how clean the brick base looks. I guess he could of just put it there before evacuating though thinking it would help.
Amen brother! Or that possibly there is a river between the fire and the statue.
No one forces you to believe. You have the right not to. But don't belittle those of us who have faith.
Amen
If you are going to believe in fairytales, you should expect some criticism.
@Be Real
Fairy tales, Huh? Funny how you atheists swear that what you believe in is the the right thing while everyone who differs with you is off thier rocker. You have no proof that your point of view is any more valid than anyone else's. I say that the odds of the world coming about through your methodology would take much more faith to believe in than that of a christian.
Faith in the Virgin Mary never saved anyone from their sins. Catholics are the most f-ed up cult of the "church of Christ"
Sad people talking crap about Mary.you all will suffer too much in the coming yrs.
Allah Akbar.
Pretty easy to claim you are a virgin when nobody can really inspect or otherwise learn more to prove wrong. Dumb hubby was simply conned by a tramp who didn't want him to know she slept with half the village....made up the whole story...or got drunk, drugged, or otherwise knocked out and taken advantage of and didn't remember who she was with...when, or where.
General Akbar
Are you hoping the Catholic version of Anders Behring Breivik (The Norway Nutcase) comes along to teach us a lesson? Hmm, sounds like a Christian-Taliban wannabe to me.
This one time, I had a grease fire in my kitchen and I put it out just before it reached a Budda shaped moon pie ... who wierd is that?!
A bolt of lightening almost hit my house once, but hit a nearby tree instead. PRAISE ZUES!!!!
Take that unbelievers!!!
Ooo .. BURN !
I'm truly amazed at the number of people out there who have no faith whatsoever. The Blessed Mother has answered many of my prayers – from finding my lost dog as a child to helping me back to sleep when I awoke a jittery mess the night before my wedding. Those who believe and have faith are rewarded and those who do not are left exactly as I'm reading now...bitter, angry and lost. All of you need Her prayers.
And here I thought that worshipping false idols and anyone other than the almighty was at the top of the list of no-nos. Did I miss something?
If those minute coincidences are what hold your faith together then you are an idiot.
It's marvelous the Blessed Mother has time for jitters but none for the starving people of Africa.
I bet your wife could have used her help to stop puking on your honeymoon.
What a load this is. Just luck, that's all. And for saying us faithless are angry and lost or whatever, you could NOT be more wrong. I don't need a god to help me be happy. I have my wife and child to do that, a decent job, hobbies, a SOLID education that allows me to see past mythos and fairytales. That said, I think I at my slice of pizza that was resembling the virgin mary...am I going to he11 now? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Good job, William – I am the wife. This is the first time I've ever responded to one of these boards and it's probably the last. I've never witnessed such indulgent ignorance in my life.
I dunno. What was his idol made of? Something fire retardant cuz I used mine to put out a grease fire and my whole house went up in flames. Luckily the firemen were wearing their Zulu god t shirts cuz the fire didn't advance once they showed up.
@mmmcouch
If you can't take the heat..... get a virgin mary statue or stay off the belief blog
How is this news!? There are so many other important things going on in the world and you think the fires stopping at a statue are news worthy? Wow.
The news is not that the statue somehow magically stopped the fire, but that the property owners believe it did.
The Virgin Mary statue is powerless. However, the strongly held belief of the residents imputing power to the statute to protect their house can be effective. It's the same thing with voodoo and witchcraft, the same principle, the same belief. This is a mental universe and consciousness is determinative.
Stubby ... I really like how you effectively compared christian beliefs with voodoo and witchcraft. Although it will be dismissed without even the consideration it deserves. Nicely done.
What's really funny is that back when the Greeks were translating the bible from Hebrew, "young woman" became "virgin" and it has stuck ever since. How can you read the works of barbarians from Bronze Age Palestine and hold them dear to your heart thousands of years later as the truth. According to the Bible we should be killing anyone that works on Sunday or cuts their sideburns. Somehow these passages are left out of Sunday school. Our national IQ is low enough already.
ever heard of "old covenant" or "new covenant"? Hmmm.....didn't think so.
we shouldnt cut other people down if they want to believe Mary has powers then she must for them...its okay.
I disagree. When you validate fantastical beliefs by just accepting them, and not confronting them with rational thinking, you empower people to logically take their beliefs to any level they desire. Think FLDS, Waco, Mormons... People are sheep unless you earnestly and honestly challenge them to really think about what they're professing to be fact. When people are left alone to stew in their own warped sense of reality delusion takes over – think radical muslims, KKK, etc. We all need to be questioned and asked to defend any belief that's not already proven as fact. By your rationale, I should be able to tell you that I met a Unicorn and he taught me how to fly into space... and you shouldn't question me on that. Really? All peolle need other people to question them. When that doesn't happen we end up with cults and radical religious zealots and Nazis and pretty much the state of the world today. So, no... I won't just accept pure drivel like a "statue saved a house from burning." It's a load of crap and anyone who believe this is fact is pretty much an idiot.
The wrestler who became Governor of Minnesota several years back said it best, "religion is for the weak and the feebleminded'. Amen to that!!
NASA can put this statue into orbit between the Earth and the Sun to stop any damaging solar flares heading towards us!
They should drop on Fukashima and extinguish the reactor
This is the best statue ever! I hope it makes it onto ebay soon so i can offer my life's savings.
@ WOW: what an ignorant disgusting animal you are to make judgements on people's beliefs..whether you agree with them or not, you have no right to judge them....who do you think you are ? you in fact are the stupid one and it shows completely in your pathetic comments
cj- How can you give someone grief for judging another's beliefs. The Bible is filled with passages of doing nothing but judging others. This book has been used to torture and kill thousands upon thousands of people throughout history. Old women were tortured as witches because people thought they caused thunder storms or diseases. The torture would not end until you confessed to being a witch. And of course because of the Bible everyone knows that Jewish people drink the blood of babies in all of their rituals.
its ok, Wow is just a self-important college dropout who is athiest online but in Real life he prays to god to help him find a job
My belief is that people foolish enough to believe in gods should be mocked and belittled. So now you're trodding all over my beliefs and judging them to be wrong.
As you can see from the picture the VM is in some rocks. Last time I looked rocks do not burn very well. What's next will we see her in the freezer. Please..
ATTENTION ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS! Throw away your hoses and invest in lots and lots of virgin mary statues! Obviously a little chunk of plaster has magical powers!
Ohhhhhhhh you are sooooo witty. Maybe actually honoring the object and asking the woman who it exhonorate might give ya a favor or two.
I've just sold all my fire extiguishers to a bunch of fools and purchased a half dozen of those statues. I'm set now. Do you think they will they work on frozen pipes as well as burning brush? I better get a few more for the plumbing, maybe a couple for my vehicles too.
Just read the story and move on. The comment sections of the cnn belief blogs is nothing more than an Athiest circle jerk where dozens of angry slow witted athiests wait for a new non athiest story to post so they can plaster it with smug posts.
And judging by these comment boards it seems that a majority of today's athiests are unemployed since they are spending so much time pushing thier simpleton logic on others
whereas the religious sheeple are not even capable of `simpleton logic`.
Adults with imaginary friends are stupid
You must be unemployed too since you're commenting as well. Pot, kettle? Either way, it's amazing how the evangelical parasites think that this nonsese somehow validates their fairytale religion.
"Slow witted"? "simpleton logic"? Who believes in imaginary friends and that magic mumbled words can cure a rainy day? I happen to be a veteran who served my country and continue to serve it as a cop. I try to point out to people the ridiculousness of ending their belief in the tooth fairy and santa, but willing to kill for their believe in a divine being.
For your cruelty I shall now hire another Hindu, and leave you Christians to beg.
That was really funny. Nicely written.
Do you realize you just did EXACTLY what you are accusing others. What is it that your Christ's says....you see the spec in someone elses eye but not the log in yours. Typical Christians can't even follow the teachings of their Christ.
You are correct. In addition why would they hang around the beliefs section since they have none. It's the CNN Beligerent Athiest Battalion.
up1652
I nave a belief. It is that you are an idiot.
see, proved my point. I make a comment about athiests and suddenly all of you start tryin to insult christians thinking I am one. How about all you self important internet athiests stop playing with each other on these comments and find a job
I like that the statue did it. There must be some kind of magic happens when you pour plaster of Paris into a mold (lets face it ... a plaster of Paris arm cast does not prevent forest fires.) ... so you make into a virgin (hard for a statue not to be a virgin .. or make it into St. Patrick or Trigger or even Smokey (if you're tryin to stop forest fires) and throw some holy water for good measure .. and a little bees wax and turn around three time patting your stomach and saying "use the force Luke" three times in rapid succession .. and wah-lah you gots magic. They can do it with icons too. And there is other stuff .. incense and chants and magic words...
Next fire they should tell all the firefighters to leave and let their statue protect them. See how it goes. Cnn your journalistic standards are pathetic
Wrong turn, Clyde. Have a little faith...your life might be richer.
I have lots of faith but no in statues or screen door images or grottos or caves or icons or scapula or medallion .. send your letter to the right address