Virgin Mary sighting a glimpse of hope for Egypt Christians

[BeatleBoot]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091224/lf_afp/egyptreligionchristian

CAIRO (AFP) – Every night in the run-up to Christmas thousands of Egypt's Coptic Christians have been gathering in a Cairo suburb eager for a glimpse of a vision that has given hope to their marginalised community.

It is three hours past midnight in Al-Warrak, a poor working class neighbourhood of the Egyptian capital, and a 10,000-strong crowd is silently staring at the sky.

Then the appearance of a mysterious light over the church tower jolts the gathering into a frenzy of cries and ululations. It is the apparition of the Virgin Mary, they say.

Thousands have been coming nightly since the first sighting of the Virgin Mary on December 10, in the hope of being blessed by her light.

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[silverweb]

1. Maybe it's actually Isis.

She was the model that Mary was based on in the first place.

And maybe it's a huge hoax.

[emilyg]

2. I like stories like this.

[ZombieHorde]

4. Needs more zombies. nt

[DeSwiss]

8. Without Mary/Isis....

...there won't be no Zombies.

[moobu2]

3. ....

"Hassan, the Muslim neighbour, was sitting at his local coffee shop when at around 8:30 pm, he saw a strong light coming from the church."

It's a hoax. I like the moldy water stain Virgin Mary's better.

[rd_kent]

5. wow, the gullibility of the masses never ceases to amaze me.

Its been said that the stupidest animal is humans in large numbers.

[emilyg]

7. If they get comfort - who cares?

[DeSwiss]

9. I do.

Particularly when such people end up in political office, and/or places of authority, or other places of close proximity to my life. You know, those places where most of us prefer rational thinking to prevail in one's actions and decision-making.

- When woo-woo is calling the shots, no one's safe....

[rd_kent]

10. I do.

I care that people take comfort in something that is patently false and/or completely fabricated in order to fool and control the weak minded.

[Silent3]

11. Is factual reality of no interest to you?

While "comfort" is the supreme metric of whether or not some idea should be treated as true?

[BlueJazz]

6. "the light comes from this round ball of fire in the sky,,,,it seems to travel east to west.

:)

[rd_kent]

12. Kick