[Goanet] Dr. Jose and Fr. Ivo (was Lourdes miracles)

2008-08-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Fr. Ivo C da Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dr.Santosh asked for a double-blind "control" (read below), admitting > himself that this is difficult for such rare cases. The proposed method > >itself excludes all miracles. > The proposed method is what is called scient

[Goanet] Dr. Jose and Fr. Ivo (was Lourdes miracles)

2008-08-26 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:53:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The proposed method is what is called scientific method. Only when one follows that method can one honestly claim that an "intense scientific procedure" was conducted, or whatever else Fr. Ivo has claimed with r

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Jose and Fr. Ivo (was Lourdes miracles)

2008-08-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
Jose wrote: > > In my clinical experience (of some years now) there have been some > unexpected cures/recoveries. They have been amazing and wonderful > occurrences inexplicable by our current knowledge. Until I find >scientific > explanations for the cures, I will call them miracles. > Josebab,

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Jose and Fr. Ivo (was Lourdes miracles)

2008-08-27 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > As far as I know, there could be many reasons. For example, people with AIDS might get Kaposi's sarcoma from a Herpes virus. > Mario adds: > Hard to tell, I'm sure. The example I used was my own, a malignant fi

Re: [Goanet] Dr. Jose and Fr. Ivo (was Lourdes miracles)

2008-08-29 Thread Santosh Helekar
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >Regarding subjects that Dr. Jose does know something about, I am curious >as >to how he is going about looking for scientific explanations for the >>cures/recoveries he has observed for which there is no known medical >