The Case of The Weeping Madonna
Are the extraordinary events in a Virginia suburb a miracle or a hoax?
The Pastor The Rev. Daniel Hamilton, was a self-described skeptic, but the Madonna at his church wept so much that staffers had to mop up the water with turkish towels. "All of us have faith," he now says, "but sometimes it's nice to have that faith bolstered by events in the real world."
The Skeptic "I could walk through an airport, never having been there before, and make virtually anything cry without touching it," says physicist Shawn Carlson. "I can also make statues cry for days to weeks on end and keep them crying, without anyone around. And these techniques have been available for hundreds of years."
The Believers Homemaker Jackie Tucker and her kids, Andy and Grace, were on the back deck of their Lake Ridge home last September when the sun began to spin and pulsate, then rained brilliant purples, reds and golds onto house and lawn. Other believers line up for Father Jim's healing prayers after Sunday masss.
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