Spiderman
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Is there any Goddess that there is more people reporting visions of and alleged miracles from than the Virgin Mary?
I can't think of any devotional that has more miracles related to it than the Holy Rosary
Miracles Linked to the Rosary | The Holy Rosary | ANF Articles
In 1858 in the grotto of Massabielle, near Lourdes, France, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a 14 year old peasant girl. She identified herself as The Immaculate Conception. She gave Bernadette a message for all: "Pray and do penance for the conversion of the world." The Church investigated Bernadette's claims for four years before approving devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes. Lourdes has since become one of the most famous shrines, attracting more than a million pilgrims each year. There have been thousands of miraculous cures at this shrine.
A Medical Bureau was established in 1882 to test the authenticity of the cures. The doctors include unbelievers as well as believers and any doctor is welcome to take part in the examination of the alleged cures. As many as 500 medical men of all faiths or no faith have taken advantage of the invitation each year. Many books and movies tell the story of Lourdes. Even Hollywood made a movie of this remarkable event in the 1940's entitled "The Song of Bernadette" which won six academy awards.
Miracles of Lourdes
Mary allegedly left an image on Juan Diego's tilma that led to the conversion of the Aztecs and played a large role in the conversion of South America to Catholicism. Scientists say it is not explainable scientifically how the image got on the cactus fibers.
Our Lady of Guadalupe - Wikipedia
Mary has allegedly been Appearing regularly at Medjugorje
Our Lady of Medjugorje - Wikipedia
Mary appeared to thousands in Egypt. "The apparitions were also witnessed by President Gamal Abdel Nasser,[5] and captured by newspaper photographers and Egyptian television. Investigations performed by the police could find no explanation for the phenomenon. No device was found within a radius of fifteen miles capable of projecting the image, while the sheer number of photographs from independent sources suggests that no photographic manipulation was involved. Having been unable to produce an alternative explanation for the luminous sightings, the Egyptian government accepted the apparitions as true.
Our Lady of Zeitoun - Wikipedia
A miracle was promised that would take place October 13th 1917 in Fatima Portugal. Roughly 70 thousand people, many of them Communists and Freemasons said they had a vision of the Sun doing weird things and plunging down on the crowd. Of course nothing happened to this sun, but apparently a vision was given to the crowd
Miracle of the Sun - Wikipedia
The medal of the Immaculate Conception, which was designed after the Virgin Mary appeared to Catherine laboure and told her to have a medal struck up after the image she saw, became known as The Miraculous Medal because of all of the Miracles linked to it
Miracles of the Miraculous Medal | Our Blessed Mother | ANF Articles
And the list goes on and on
I'm just wondering if there are similar reports of such phenomenon coming from any other goddess or Deity besides Yahweh himself?
Is this all just a product of the human imagination running wild? If so, what a powerful and influential tool the imagination can be.
Countless people live by the messages of these apparitions... Where is this influential force coming from?
It seems it was destined to be. At Fatima Mary allegedly warned of the rise of Communism in Russia and the coming of World War II in advance, and said it was a consequence of sin.
If World War 3 happens, I'm sure somebody will have a Marian apparition that speaks about it in advance.
Many Marian apparitions (like lasallete and pontmain) are linked to world events and the fate of the world in general.
It is a mystery what causes these messages and appearances. Whatever the cause, they have influenced and changed how many people live their life...so there is no denying that it is a powerful force in our world.
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