Miracle Locations

Anyone who took a history or English class, knows that at one point the Christian church was the law, ultimately making them one of the most popular religions in the world. Over time other religions have developed and have become fairly popular as well.  What I’m getting at is, that the world is full of blind believers.  I am not trying to bash any religion, but I honestly don’t believe in any of the events that had so called happened, I only believe in their messages.    

We have all heard of freak, supernatural, miracles that have healed people who are about to shake hands with death or have a rare disease.  Many of these freak healings either happen from an explainable but rare scientifical change or by faith.  There are many locations all across the world that have healing powers.  Some followers believe that if they walk across the spiritual grounds, that miracles would happen.  For some lucky people it has happened, yes believe it or not a miracle do happen and priest even verify them.  Miracles have happened in Lourdes in France, Stonehenge and Medjugorje in Yugoslavia and many more.

I have a relative who has actually gone to one of these sites.  They went to Medjugorje in Yugoslavia, not for healing but for spiritual enlightening.  Because they did that, I was interested in these locations. 

According to sacredsites.com, Lourdes in France, had energetic healing powers for a very short period of time, of around 140 years.  Apparently, a young fourteen year old girl named Bernadette, in the year of 1858 between February and July, saw the ghost of a lady multiple times.  She was told to build a church at the place where they continue seeing one another, the grotto.  Later on, after many apparitions, the ghost revealed itself as Mary.  On that day, it is said that Bernadette had begun to dig a hole  in the grotto creating a pool that eventually become the sacred spring of Lourdes. A supernatural occurrence made this location holy, causing it to be one of the most common destinations for pilgrims.  These pilgrims will bath in the pools sourcing from the main spring dug by Bernadette (2).  These pools have so called miraculously cured or healed seven thousand individuals but only 67 of them were validated by the church (3).

The church built above the grotto, in Lourdes, France

 One of the many ladies who had been cured was Marie Moreau.  She had received an inflammatory disease of the eyes and had severe vision impairment at the age of 16.  A year later, 1859, her father had gotten water from the grotto and soaked her bandages in it and wrapped them around her eyes.  The next morning, she claimed to have her vision fully restored (3).

 

Honestly, I don’t believe in such miracles or faith healings.  These supernatural occurrences are so unexplainable and extreme that it doesn’t seem to actually be possible.  I believe that these people who claim to have been healed are extreme religious believers who had medically been healed with a scientifical explanation but because they can’t understand how it happened and the fact that they are strong believers, forces them to claim it as a miracle.  What I am getting at is that these miracles are simply physiological explanations to comfort the believers.

Sources:

(1) http://onlinenursepractitionerschools.com/magical-travel-25-places-with-healing-powers/ 

(2) http://sacredsites.com/europe/france/lourdes.html

(3) http://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/approved_apparitions/lourdes/miracles1.html