I have a feeling that all of us, Catholic fellows and girls 'of a certain age', have gone through a Fatima (Miracle of the Sun) phase of great enthusiasm; and I suppose *Medjugoria* is somewhat in the same vein, as could be *Batim* in Goa as of the past five years or so. I will not apologize for 'ignorance', having little technical savvy, and knowing or caring little about whether ECG can give credible data or not. But will apologize if what I am about to record may sound trivializing---something which I do not intend.
I'm reminded of a segment from the novel/play/movie *Breakfast at Tiffany's*, in which someone describes 'Holly Golightly' as a 'FAKE'. The response was, "Oh, yeah; she is a fake, alright,---but she's a *real fake*. Had an exchange once with friend over a pretty flower, in which he asked me, "Is that real, or plastic?". I felt obliged to reply, "It's a* real* plastic flower". I'm prepared to think for myself, concerning *Lourdes*, *Fatima*, * Medjugoria*, etc., as in some mysterious way deriving from the 'natural order of things'. I have yet to appreciate opinions which credit Portuguese President Salazar with promoting *Fatima* with national and imperialistic (perhaps even commercial) varieties of 'piety'. My rationale for maintaining a sense of respect and reverence for such visionary experiences, is because of the 'Faith of our Fathers', going all the way back to early Christian times when allegorical accounts of miracles, the Nativity Stories, and the like had to be reckoned as material/temporal *historical* events, if one were to avoid the stigma of 'heresy'. I feel that 'realities', neuro-psychological, allegorical/metaphorical, or whatever, may more precisely be regarded as just that---but this does not mean that they are less 'real' because of it. In fact perhaps the 'imagined' may at times be more real than real. If one wants to dub them with such dramatic labels as 'hysteria', well and good; I think then that the children of Lourdes and Fatima may have been in some sense subjects (not 'victims') of a phenomenon partaking of hysteria, while still being genuinely 'little saints, or angels if you will'.I do not think that the term 'fake' need even arise, in the discussion. I recommend the books* 'The Pagan Christ'* and *'Water into Wine'*, by my Canadian compatriot (Biblical and Linguistic Scholar) Tom Harpur---available from AmazonUK, or India's *Flipkart.com * On 8/24/10, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <drferdina...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SANTOSH HELEKAR wrote : > > <The > claims made about the so-called scientific studies in the links below are > not > credible from the neurophysiological standpoint. Electroencephalography > (EEG) > cannot tell us whether there is deception or not. It cannot also tell us > whether there is self-deception or not. The purported scientific results in > this case have not been published in any scientific journal. In fact, the > scientist whose name is mentioned in these links has not published any > research > paper on EEG in general in the peer-reviewed medical scientific > literature........> > > > > RESPONSE > : Mr. Santosh Helekar makes it obvious that he is either ignorant in the > latest > developments in the medical science field or likes to just blow his > trumpet under delusions. I > would request him to go to this site, read carefully what EEG can detect. > Or > may be the argument will be that the site is a fake. > > > > > > http://www.brainwavescience.com/Chemistry.php > > > > > > > Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Goa-launch of the well-received *Into The Diaspora > Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho on Aug 29, 2010 (Sunday) at 11 > am at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Meet the author, buy a signed > copy (only Rs 295 in Goa till stock lasts). > http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Goa-launch of the well-received *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho on Aug 29, 2010 (Sunday) at 11 am at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Meet the author, buy a signed copy (only Rs 295 in Goa till stock lasts). http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
