 Originally Posted by Rage
Its funny you know, all the things Christ did, healed people, walked on water, turned water into wine.... All he sounds like is a convincing Illusionist, nothing more than Criss Angel, Except Christ used his 'power of illusion' to gain power and immortality through history.
He died and was ressurected... with the right people to 'verify' your death, you can make an easy comeback and be 'ressurected'.
Anyone you see performing the same feats of christ, you dismiss and as an illusionist or someone just going for profit. But just because they didn't spend all their time doing stupid things to gain this 'power', doesn't make them any less of a miracle do'er, they were just smarter and found a quicker way to do it.
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Yes, yes. But if you were to look at the power of Christ magnified and multiplied. Have you ever heard of Saint Vincent Ferrer? 14th Century, a Diminican sponsored by the Avignon Popes -- he was like 10 or even 100 Christs. He was followed by 10,000 Flagellents, and none ever got sick or weak, though they walked 30 miles a day eating practically nothing while whipping themselves with steal barbs. And then he would come to Cities and empty the Hospitals, healing everybody of everything. And if he was too busy, he would delegate others to go off and heal for him, and these Delegates would witness hundreds of miracles from their own hands, for that day.. and then it would be gone, but they got to witness first hand twisted limbs pulling straight, clouded eyes becoming clear, crazy people becoming 'lucid'.
Then there is Francis of Paola. His trademark... a few things. He could bring anything back to life from the dead. Might have been tricks. But he also was good at making Gravity and Dimension variable. Once he was in a hurry to build a new church and so he made all the Building Materials feather light so that everyone in the village could pitch in and help. Little Old Ladies were carrying 20 Foot Stone Pillars and single handedly and setting them into place. The Roof Beam was found to be a few feet short, and so he 'stretched it' to fit.
Another time they were excavating for another Church. A Nobleman was helping dig the foundation -- a Baron was digging with pick and shovel. Well, he struck this huge boulder, and could not dig around it or under it -- it was gigantic. The Baron thought that was the end and went and asked Francis what to do now. Francis told him to grab it with one hand and toss it over to a clump of trees some 30 meters away. So that is what he did... somehow his one hand clamped onto this huge boulder, and he uprooted it out of the ground with some miraculous effortlessness and then tossed this 4 ton mammoth rock off into the bushes. One can visit Southern Italy today and still see the Unmoveable Rock that was tossed 30 meters by the Laboring Baron.
Paola was also know for his Surfing to Sicily. He was invited to Sicily to build some more Churches, but the ferry boat captain demanded full payment and would give humble monks no discount. "Fine" said Francis and he took off his Cloak and placed the edge on the water and stepped onto it. He floated on it. Then he raised it up and it was suddenly furled full of wind and off he was skipping and surfing over the waves and was waiting in Sicily when the ferry boat arrived hours later. A 'trick'. pretty good for the 16th Century.
One of cutest stories of bringing back to Life. he had a pet lamb named Mirabella. Well, workman building one of his chapels were hungry,and it was lunchtime. They saw this young sheep and ate it and then threw its skin and bone into the live brick furnace kiln. Francis came by and asked if anybody had seen Mirabella his pet lamb. "ooops" They apologized and confessed what had happened and pointed to the flaming and smoking red hot kiln. Francis popps open the door and with flames curling out he says "Mirabella Mirabella, come out of there before you get burned"... and from the flames jumps out this fluffy white little lamb without one hair on its hide singed, not one smudge of soot.
Another time the King of France misunderstood about Francis being a Vegetarian... think that a tray of fried Trout would be good for dinner. Francis, said, "Oh, no thank you", and passing his hand over the tray, in front of a Kings company for dinner, all of the fish on the silver platter, just moment ago all fried up and ready to eat, they began flopping and jumping around, and had to be quickly carried to the Kings decorative pool.
Joseph of Copertino was a Flyer and Levitator. Yes, the modern guys can levitate... a little bit. But Joseph was purported to "Spin like a Top and fly swift as an Arrow". Not just inside the Cathedrals --swooping over the pews from front to back and side to side, but also over the processions through the towns -- over walls, over the trees... swift as an arrow. This was in the 18th Century. The modern Illusionists can levitate, but they hoover flacidly as they inch along. How was a monk in the 18th Century able to figure out the apparatus that would allow him to Spin like a Top and Fly Swift as an Arrow?
Good trick.
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