An Indian rationalist exposed a fake miracle concerning a statue of Jesus christ which was said to be weeping. It was actually bad plumbing that made the statue cry. Now he is facing charges to could see him spend 3 years in prison......unless he apologises to the Catholic Archbishop of Bombay.....

When water started trickling down a statue of Jesus Christ at a Catholic church in Mumbai earlier this year, locals were quick to declare a miracle. Some began collecting the holy water and the Church of Our Lady of Velankanni began to promote it as a site of pilgrimage.

So when Sanal Edamaruku arrived and established that this was not holy water so much as holey plumbing, the backlash was severe. The renowned rationalist was accused of blasphemy, charged with offences that carry a three-year prison sentence and eventually, after receiving death threats, had to seek exile in Finland.

Now he is calling for European governments to press Delhi into dropping the case. And on the first leg of a tour around EU capitals on Friday, he warned that India was sacrificing freedom of expression for outdated, colonial-era rules about blasphemy.

"There is a huge contradiction in the content of the Indian constitution which guarantees freedom of speech and the blasphemy law from 1860 under then colonial rule," Edamaruku told the Guardian in an interview in Dublin.

"This blasphemy law can affect anyone in India – even a girl recently who wrote on Facebook against closing down a city because of the death of a famous local politician. She was prosecuted under the blasphemy law and another girl who 'liked' her comment on Facebook was also arrested and then charged with blasphemy."

Edamaruku, who has the support of rationalists and atheists such as Richard Dawkins, is well known in India for debunking religious myths, and was already unpopular among Indian Catholics for publicly criticising Mother Teresa's legacy in Kolkata.

When the state "miracle" was pronounced, he went to Mumbai and found that the dripping water was due to clogged drainage pipes behind the wall where it stood. His revelation provoked death threats from religious zealots and ultimately charges of blasphemy under the Indian penal code in the Mumbai high court.

"India cannot criticise Pakistan for arresting young girls for blaspheming against Islam while it arrests and locks up its own citizens for breaking our country's blasphemy laws," he said. "It is an absurd law but also extremely dangerous because it gives fanatics, whether they are Hindus, Catholics or Muslims, a licence to be offended. It also allows people who are in dispute with you to make up false accusations of blasphemy."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/23/india-blasphemy-jesus-tears

Hmm

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LOLZ at least this one was not crying blood

Lo ba tan

Talk about lying for god.. Lol

Boko killing for god
Catholic lying for god..
Overall, mumus killing themselves and giving their hard earned money to someone else's imagination.

Is that so?

Is not as if I don't believe in miracles but the type of miracles I see hear of in the catholic church always make me to sigh.

One side of the story.

Even the most stupid judge would hear from the other side: the priests and the catholic faithful.

alas! Nairaland judges are even worse than "most stupid."

italo: One side of the story.

Even the most stupid judge would hear from the other side: the priests and the catholic faithful.

alas! Nairaland judges are even worse than "most stupid."

Catholic Liar defender has arrived.


Sir, are the actions of the catholic church/catholics in India correct?

they prefer the rationalist keep quiet while catholics drink sewage water from the "crying" statue?

na wa ooo

but India is almost a Hindu country. he should return back to his country now. I doubt he will actually go to jail for that.

TheBigUrban2:





Catholic Liar defender has arrived.


Sir, are the actions of the catholic church/catholics in India correct?

they prefer the rationalist keep quiet while catholics drink sewage water from the "crying" statue?

I dont know because I haven't heard from the Catholics...and neither have you.

How else can the absurdity called religion survive if it doesn't have such mechanism of self preservation? Systematically indoctrinated religious bigots overly sensitive and ever ready to take offence when their blind faith is challenged. Why should anyone apologize for debunking a hoax? That was how the madrefvckin flat earthers kept burning our great minds of the dark ages at the stakes, retarding scientific progress in the name of what? They should give that guy a medal jare!

italo:

I dont know because I haven't heard from the Catholics...and neither have you.

see this liar......

So when Sanal Edamaruku arrived and established that this was not holy water so much as holey plumbing, the backlash was severe. The renowned rationalist was accused of blasphemy, charged with offences that carry a three-year prison sentence and eventually, after receiving death threats, had to seek exile in Finland.

I am sure that it was muslims and pentecostals that did the backlash or even called for blasphmeny charges

TheBigUrban2:


see this liar......






I am sure that it was muslims and pentecostals that did the backlash or even called for blasphmeny charges

We still haven't heard from a single catholic on this matter.

And there still is no proof of the contents of that story.

Newspapers and media houses lie too.

italo:

We still haven't heard from a single catholic on this matter.

And there still is no proof of the contents of that story.

Newspapers and media houses lie too.

#catholic liar

TheBigUrban2:


#catholic liar

#atheist liar