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Once Again, the Catholic Church Says a Stained Communion Wafer is a Miracle When It’s Probably Mold
April 25, 2016 by Hemant Mehta
According to Polish Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski, a consecrated communion wafer fell to the floor in a local church on Christmas Day in 2013. Church officials naturally picked it up and put it in water, and then something amazing happened: red stains appeared!
That could only mean one thing!
Sure, we laugh when Catholics say these consecrated wafers are literally the body of Christ, but look who’s laughing now! It’s a piece of muscle! Jesus has jumped off a dog’s asshole
and landed on a wafer. That’s gotta be a sign.
It’s never Jesus. It’s always mold. Always.
The answer makes much more sense and it can be replicated, unlike the supposed “Eucharistic miracle.”
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/04/25/once-again-the-catholic-church-says-a-stained-communion-wafer-is-a-miracle-when-its-probably-mold/
According to Polish Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski, a consecrated communion wafer fell to the floor in a local church on Christmas Day in 2013. Church officials naturally picked it up and put it in water, and then something amazing happened: red stains appeared!
That could only mean one thing!
The miracle was tested and the “Department of Forensic Medicine found: ‘In the histopathological image, the fragments were found containing the fragmented parts of the cross striated muscle. It is most similar to the heart muscle.’ Tests also determined the tissue to be of human origin and found that it bore signs of distress.”
Sure, we laugh when Catholics say these consecrated wafers are literally the body of Christ, but look who’s laughing now! It’s a piece of muscle! Jesus has jumped off a dog’s asshole
and landed on a wafer. That’s gotta be a sign.
It’s never Jesus. It’s always mold. Always.
One online blogger pointed to the red bacterium, Serratia marcescens, as a possible explanation.
According to Microbe Zoo, a website developed by the Center for Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University, the bacterium grows on bread and Communion wafers that have been stored in a damp place.
The answer makes much more sense and it can be replicated, unlike the supposed “Eucharistic miracle.”
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/04/25/once-again-the-catholic-church-says-a-stained-communion-wafer-is-a-miracle-when-its-probably-mold/
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