Pope Miracle Doubted

http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=28562

“It took just one sentence from a Polish professor of medicine, Grzegorz Opala, to cast doubt on the validity of the miracle which could lead to the beatification of John Paul II. So, in Rome, as in Poland, many believe that the Polish pope may not be beatified until 2011.”

A miracle can never be immediately dismissed until evidence is available but it now seems that the evidence exists.

“Dr. Opala, a neurologist who is not a part of the seven-member team of medical examiners commissioned by the Vatican, has reiterated that Parkinson's is not a curable disease. However, the Polish physician said that other diseases mimic Parkinson's and are indeed curable.”

You think the Vatican would’ve noted that Parkinson’s cannot be cured. Examining the miracle through the lense that the woman did have Parkinson’s and not a disease that mimics Parkinson’s (something you think the Vatican would also look into) then the claim that she was cured has to be called into doubt. If she did have a disease that mimics Parkinson’s but is curable, then there is no miracle. Of course we can leave it to the Vatican to not function within the rules of reality.

“Even if the validity of the miracle is "absolutely without foundation," Vatican sources said on March 4 that the process of beatifying John Paul II is irreversible.”

I want to know how the process is irreversible. The miracle has been called into doubts by a credible source. Will the Vatican willingly ignore the testimony? It seems that the current Pope just has to say a few words to break any rules regarding the process of sainthood.

I find the whole process to be an insult to science and rational thinking.

“The Vatican regularly seeks the views of internationally recognized medical authorities in the matter in question before finding a "cure unexplained by the current state of science."

The fact that a cure can’t be explained by the current state of science does not make the cure a miracle. If anything, it is a reason for scientists to go out and conduct further research in order to expand our understanding of science. Describing the cure as a miracle is intellectually lazy. The seven member team examining claims of miracles for the Vatican should be ashamed to call themselves scientists.