The tourist scam that is Medjugorje

Scene at Medjugorje, Bosnia i Hercegovina, August 22, 2010. In the early 1980s several Croatian children in then-Yugoslavia allegedly saw a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The site has since become a tourist pilgrimage destination, with all the tourist-trap trappings-- souvenir stands, restaurants, hotels, busloads of Italian, Czech, Austrian and other Catholics pilgrims, parking, traffic jams. They even sell cigarette lighters with a picture of the Blessed Virgin on them at the souvenir stands-- WTF? Martin Luther condemned this sort of selling of indulgences 500 years ago, and brought about the Protestant Reformation, and the Catholic church is still at it, I guess... But really, if you are in Mostar, which is only a short drive away, you gotta go to Medjugorje, just for shits and grins... The drive up the mountains to get there is on old rickety mountain roads, with rusted, or no guardrails, and not much room for error, lest one plunge off the side of a cliff-- but quite scenic, and a definite must to experience. If you are already in Mostar, it will only take an extra two hours out of your life (add another hour trying to find parking), so it's worth it, just to check it out.

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• tourist
• scam
• Medjugorje
• visitation
• blessed
• virgin
• mary
• pilgrimage
• yugoslavian
• children
• visions
• apparition

[flyer7372]

Although some go here for faith Here is the proof that religion CAN be exploited for profit or ????

[kodachromefilm]

Pray for Medjugorje

[Dermot558]

@Bosconote Yeah I know exactly what you mean as I have experienced it myself. Unfortunately, it is perfectly possible to do this. There is no supernatural event here. It is a normal phenomenon. Sadly, one will damage one's eyes if one does this.

[Dermot558]

@Bosconote No camera records exactly what the human eye sees. It's not possible. I have been to Medjugorje. I was in a group and one of the guys in my group hurt his eyes looking at the sin. I'm not sure if the damage was permanent or not. I have an informed opinion on Medjugorje. I go by what the local Bishop has said. Google 'Medjugoje A Warning, by Michael Davies' for more information.

[Bosconote]

@Dermot558 Second half of message.

I have no damage to this day. I could not have done this if the sun was in its normal state. If I had it would have done serious damage in seconds not minutes. Go to Medjugorje yourself and witness for yourself. Then you can make an informed comment on what you have seen. I videoed the phenomenon and it came out on the video exactly as I saw it.

[kodachromefilm]

Hail Mary Full of Grace (Ave Maria Gratia Plena)

[Dermot558]

@Bosconote You should never stare at the sun. I know a guy who did just that at Medjugorje. He could 'see' the sun for a period after that and he hurt his eyes. I'm not sure if he did permanent damage or not. The supposed visionary in Ireland recently also had people looking at the sun and damaging their eyes.

[DevilsWhiskey]

so it fine for people who believe in God to have proof of Gods existence (shown a "miracle" but i cannot. What about doubting Thomas he was lucky enough to have proof why can't i?

[Bosconote]

@DevilsWhiskey . You have no understanding of what is going on in Medjugorje. There are supernatural events happening there. The sun spins in the sky,multicolors come out of it. This has been witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people. A white disc forms over the sun allowing you to stare directly into it without damage to your eyes. I personally witnessed this and even got it on video. You have to be in Medjugorje to witness these things. Not everyone in the world sees them.

[DevilsWhiskey]

If the Sun was spinning all the earth would have seen it may i remind you their is only one Sun

[Bosconote]

You are making false statements. The Catholic Church does not even recognise Medjugorje as an apparition site. Alot of the people selling trinkets in the village are actually moslem store owners. Do not dismiss Medjugorje entirely though. We went there in 1990 and saw the sun miracle happenings. We saw and filmed a white disc over the sun that allowed us to stare into the sun with no eye protection and there was no damage to our eyes. We also saw the sun spin with multi colours coming from it.