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paleotn

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19. But the Virgin Mary statue. He's all about that!

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #18)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:56 PM

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Fox News shows fire miracle - home destroyed but stone Virgin Mary statue remains in yard [View all] Dennis Donovan 8 hrs ago OP

Well of course it's not destroyed... sakabatou 8 hrs ago #1

Like their heads! paleotn 8 hrs ago #6

They are out of their fucking minds... PCIntern 8 hrs ago #2

No words. Passages 8 hrs ago #3

They probably JustAnotherGen 8 hrs ago #4

The statue looks suspiciously clean. yardwork 8 hrs ago #11

Thought The Same ProfessorGAC 6 hrs ago #38

Thought The Same ProfessorGAC 6 hrs ago #39

Oh, dear lord. paleotn 8 hrs ago #5

Yup 😹😹😹 Meowmee 8 hrs ago #10

And, judging by the number of churches that burned down, GoCubsGo 7 hrs ago #18

But the Virgin Mary statue. He's all about that! paleotn 7 hrs ago #19

It is his mommy, after all... GoCubsGo 7 hrs ago #20

That's right! I've been away from Protestantism for awhile. Popish idolatry!!!!! paleotn 7 hrs ago #24

It is not worship but veneration sarisataka 7 hrs ago #25

And the protestant would reply that that is a semantic difference thought up by Jesuit lawyers... ExciteBike66 7 hrs ago #27

Virgin Mary Worship Beck23 6 hrs ago #35

But, but, but, StarryNite 5 hrs ago #44

I'll bet they have a GoFundMe already up and running. n/t flvegan 8 hrs ago #7

OH THANK GOD!! IT'S A SIGN!1!!1 orleans 8 hrs ago #8

Hold on a second,... magicarpet 6 hrs ago #40

One of students told me his uncles house burned down in pacific palisades and all that remained was a lion kimbutgar 8 hrs ago #9

No miracle surviving swimming pools or chimney stacks? tenderfoot 8 hrs ago #12

I have a picture somewhere Unwind Your Mind 8 hrs ago #13

Over the years, I've seen a lot of pictures of burned-down houses where only a chimney column survives. Intractable 8 hrs ago #14

if only onethatcares 8 hrs ago #15

Catholics have this superstition about selling a house. Jacson6 7 hrs ago #16

That's not the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Iggo 7 hrs ago #23

Uh, Oh, a trigger. Sneederbunk 7 hrs ago #17

My rocks will survive! LeftInTX 7 hrs ago #21

Only if it's God's will. StarryNite 5 hrs ago #45

How come Mary and Joseph didn't take one for the team and save the house? Iggo 7 hrs ago #22

for one its a doctored photo Historic NY 7 hrs ago #26

It looks like it might be two photos... GiqueCee 6 hrs ago #30

My science says "Of course it didn't burn it is stone" sarisataka 6 hrs ago #28

Unless they use it to grift. StarryNite 5 hrs ago #46

I have seen many people take hope from a statue or other trinket that survived fire. They are in shock, LauraInLA 6 hrs ago #29

Agreed... GiqueCee 6 hrs ago #31

uh, statues dont burn, idiot... FirstLight 6 hrs ago #32

If the statue had burned orangecrush 6 hrs ago #33

Follow the Shoe!!! VGNonly 6 hrs ago #34

I suppose we shouldn't be surprised ... krkaufman 6 hrs ago #36

Willful krkaufman 6 hrs ago #37

"Nothing almost sees miracles but misery." -- King Lear Gaugamela 5 hrs ago #41

How stupid is this. It's freaking stone for pitys sake CanonRay 5 hrs ago #42

All the other stone statues burnt down!! Mysterian 5 hrs ago #43