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50 People Looking for Virgin Mary in the Sun Go Blind

dnaindia.com — At least 50 people in Kottayam district have reportedly lost their vision after gazing at the sun looking for an image of Virgin Mary. Though alarmed health authorities have installed a signboard to counter the rumor that a solar image of Virgin Mary appeared to the believers, curious onlookers, including foreign travelers, have been thronging...

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  • herronhero, on 03/10/2008, -3/+131How could anyone just stare at the sun like that?
    • metapop, on 03/10/2008, -11/+72correction: how could someone who is brainwashed stare at the sun like that?
      when you ask it that way, it makes a lot more sense.
      • DarkSamus, on 03/10/2008, -1/+40the goggles....
        • SierraAlpha, on 03/10/2008, -5/+18they do nothing!
          • evil-doer, on 03/10/2008, -30/+9The actual quote is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!". Theres no "they" in there.

            *The more you know*
          • BarleyWind, on 03/10/2008, -10/+6Why do you hate America evil-doer?
      • Joet1980, on 03/10/2008, -8/+10they do nothing!
        • evil-doer, on 03/10/2008, -27/+7The actual quote is "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!". Theres no "they" in there.

          *The more you know*
        • kingmanic, on 03/10/2008, -2/+13@evil-doer: of course the meme is "The goggles, they do nothing". Sometimes a error is so widespread it develops a life of it's own. This is one of those cases.
      • prophetpimp, on 03/10/2008, -1/+10I don't want to be Anti religious but converted Christians in India are some of the most dumbest and brainwashed people i have ever had the miss fortune of meeting. Most of these pricks done even know 10% of the stuff in their own bible and blindly (No pun intended) follow the Church that milk them for cash and milk idiots in America and Europe for Donations.
        • bjornski, on 03/11/2008, -0/+8It's not just India.
        • tyywebb, on 03/11/2008, -0/+5You've had Miss Fortune of Meeting? I hear she's wild in the sack!
        • bosssmiley, on 03/11/2008, -0/+3Message from Natural Selection: "My work here is done..."
      • MusicalGenius, on 03/11/2008, -12/+3Bias has no room in my life. I am Christian and I don't call people brainwashed for what they believe. Everyone has the choice to believe that they want. You can not force someone to believe. You may push them to say it or even doubt things. You may put ideas in their head and make it easy to follow them. But you can never force their mind to accept it.

        You people brainwash yourselves with your anti-religious bias.
        • altf13, on 03/11/2008, -1/+5So to sum up: brainwashing does not work/exist, yet the anit-religious are brainwashing themselves with information they don't believe in?
      • Smills, on 03/11/2008, -4/+1What's the bet an atheist started this rumor just to see how stupid people were. If I thought of it I know I would have tried to get a rumor going.
    • wild, on 03/10/2008, -3/+40They thought the arrows would blot it out.
      • GeekyGerge, on 03/10/2008, -1/+13They would look in the shade.
      • rnelsonee, on 03/10/2008, -4/+2Persia = Iran != India...
        • wild, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4i wasn't making that leap. It was just one of the few times a 300 quote is relevant anymore.
      • Tetraca, on 03/11/2008, -0/+5Nah. They heard something about the son of god, so they decided to check it out.
    • rotarychainsaw, on 03/10/2008, -2/+20faith
      • F0RMLESSNESS, on 03/10/2008, -0/+62don't you mean Blind faith?..... yeah i just couldn't help myself
    • AndreiOttawa, on 03/10/2008, -14/+25Looks like we just got 50 contenders for Darwin Award..
      • nreynolds, on 03/10/2008, -2/+26not really. think about what you just said for a while.
        • Pake, on 03/10/2008, -0/+19They've still got time.
        • AndreiOttawa, on 03/10/2008, -2/+13I think blind people will find it more difficult to reproduce-->no stupid offsprings-->better gene pool

          I truly sympathize with blind people, but not with these 50 stupid individuals.
          • wellyuk, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3On the contrary, it means they'll be unaware of who they're reproducing with and all the uglies in the world will seize upon their opportunity to reproduce.

            The world is going to be flooded with millions of ugly babies!
      • warkwark, on 03/10/2008, -0/+17Not unless they have dicks for eyes.
        • ausfahrt, on 03/10/2008, -0/+7Mental image burned into my brain much like the image of the virgin mary is burned into their cornea.
      • JITerraza, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1not unless they take themselves out of the gene pool (to be a contender).

        if you want a winner, they have to take themselves out of the gene pool in a spectacular way.
      • HolemCross, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=va ...
    • psycoticparrot, on 03/10/2008, -0/+29Never underestimate human stupidity
    • Ephemeralnode, on 03/10/2008, -1/+309:13, Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal. I was terrified, alone in that darkness. Slowly daylight crept in through the bandages, and I could see, but something else had changed inside of me. That day I had my first headache.
      • TheKage, on 03/10/2008, -11/+2You just took me on a mind trip or something. So looking at the sun, gave you a headache? And the headache made you blind for a short period? Say what??
        • radix2, on 03/10/2008, -0/+18It is a quote from the movie Pi
          • TheKage, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5Ah, thanks for that.
          • bjornski, on 03/11/2008, -1/+5AWESOME movie. Too bad 80% of Diggers won't watch it because it's in black and white.
      • Daz3, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4Nice quote.
      • fireflyx, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1For those who wonder where is the quote taken from,
        check out the great low-budget movie "Pi".
        (IMDB User Rating: 7.5/10, Directed by Darren Aronofsky who later made the ultimate masterpiece "Requiem for a Dream")
        • radix2, on 03/12/2008, -0/+1A genius's descent into madness would be the best way to summarise it. A dark, disturbing and engaging story. No wonder it won an award at the Sundance Festival... That opening quote by Ephemeralnode prompted me to grab the DVD from my collection and rip it :-)
    • jamessavik, on 03/10/2008, -1/+12Friggin idiots
    • bluezinc, on 03/10/2008, -1/+31Hey, you can also see the image of the virgin mary by eating a bunch of cyanide capsules!

      Enjoy!
    • cambob76, on 03/10/2008, -3/+22It's a test from God. He has a sick ***** sense of humour.
      • bjornski, on 03/11/2008, -0/+6"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor...."
    • rhinopig, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6"Though alarmed health authorities have installed a signboard to counter the rumour that a solar image of Virgin Mary appeared to the believers, curious onlookers, including foreign travellers, have been thronging the venue of the ‘miracle’."

      So let me get this straight, they put up a sign that said "Do not look into the sun! There is not an image of the virgin mary in the sun. Nope, definitely no virgin mary in the sun." And now they are surprised people are looking for virgin mary in the sun?
    • dwcharn, on 03/10/2008, -3/+2They might have let their religious beliefs overtake logical thinking, but one thing is for sure... they sure didn't half-ass stupidity. I respect that.
      • bjornski, on 03/11/2008, -1/+8Faith or logic. Pick one. You can't have both.
    • mGARANDEUR1, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1It's weird that someone would just look up until their vision faded away. I find this story hard to believe.
      • bjornski, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2You stare at the sun for a while, looking for an imaginary sky-fairy. Come back and tell us how it works out.
      • tyywebb, on 03/11/2008, -0/+5I'm pretty sure you can't see anything the _instant_ you look towards the sun. It's only after you look away and realize your vision isn't returning that it would dawn on you that you have just made a huge mistake.
      • Testiculese, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2They already made their huge mistake by being religious. Everything else is just a bonus.
    • norman619, on 03/10/2008, -2/+13Blind faith perhaps?
    • captainboog, on 03/10/2008, -5/+3actually, there are people around the world, but especially in india, who stare at the sun for long periods of time. There is a yogic trick to it. If you just start staring at it, chances are you're going to go blind. But if you learn the methods, well, some people do it. I, myself, have stared at the sun quite a bit, but only for a little bit at a time. I ramped up the time too fast though and quit when I started having vision problems.
      There is a guy, an Indian guy, who has been tested by a few institutions (schools and hospitals), who has been shown to get his sustenance from staring at the sun for about an hour a day. It's not made up *****, this really happens. But again, it is definitely a yoga. Ie. a power that one has to develop.
      • norman619, on 03/11/2008, -1/+2The first step along the fath to star staring is to pull my finger.
    • jesuswuzanalien, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1Obviously you're sane an atheist.
    • Hangly, on 03/11/2008, -1/+2Isaac Newton did it first. He also once stuck a hatpin in his eye socket.

      For science.
    • Jpotts12, on 03/11/2008, -0/+3I don't feel bad for these people at all. If they're stupid enough to look at the sun for the virgin mary, they deserve to go blind. And don't give me this "It's not them....it's religion. It has corrupted their minds" crap, because anyone with half a brain would be able to use critical thinking and realize that looking at the sun is just ***** ridiculous.
  • Waterrat, on 03/10/2008, -6/+256 i find it truely hard to believe anyone would be so stupid as to believe they could see virgin Mary by staring into the sun...
    How could they not know they would burn out their retinas if they did this?
    So much for saying religious beliefs never hurt anyone.
    • theYevvin, on 03/10/2008, -23/+3Yeah..staring at a bright light looking for a deity...what a silly idea.
      • theaceoffire, on 03/10/2008, -2/+34I am 99% sure that Mary is not a deity.
        • glory, on 03/10/2008, -2/+18I'm a 100% sure.
        • subat0mic, on 03/10/2008, -4/+5well, mary IS one of the polytheistic gods of the catholic religion. ya know...
    • HauntedTank, on 03/10/2008, -1/+52At least they only hurt themselves!
      • commernie, on 03/10/2008, -0/+13What about those who took their children and told them they should look at the sun?
    • DarkSamus, on 03/10/2008, -1/+39***** that, i just lost my teeth trying to read the city's name
      • thedogfatherx, on 03/10/2008, -3/+0Haahahah no kidding. Thats the first thing I laughed at.
      • pak314, on 03/11/2008, -0/+3THIRUVANANTHAPURAM is pronounced as thiru-van-an-tha-puram. Use short vowels.
    • CedEx, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6I should post on eBay that I can see the Virgin Mary in the beam of an astronomy laser. I wonder how much I can get?
    • metapop, on 03/10/2008, -22/+10this happened in india- the place where they don't kill/eat cows because they're holy, resulting in huge piles of ***** on the street, rampant disease, and hunger. this story probably isn't the most incriminating strike against religion in india, considering their entire way of life is based around blatantly terrible beliefs. if you want to pick on a destructive religion, hinduism is far worse than even the worst examples of christianity.
      • veriix, on 03/10/2008, -0/+8That's not cool, I'm sponsoring one of those piles of ***** for $2/day.
      • carpespasm, on 03/10/2008, -0/+11-- The Thirty Years' War produced the largest religious death toll of
        all time. It began in 1618 when Protestant leaders threw two Catholic emissaries out of a Prague
        window into a dung heap. War flared between Catholic and Protestant princedoms, drawing in supportive religious
        armies from Germany, Spain, England, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, France and Italy. Sweden's Protestant
        soldiers sang Martin Luther's "Ein 'Feste Burg" in battle. Three decades of combat turned central Europe into a
        wasteland of misery. One estimate states that Germany's population dropped from 18 million to 4 million.
        In the end nothing was settled, and too few people remained to rebuild cities, plant fields, or conduct education.
        (Death Toll: 14 Million)
        • DonTazeMeBro, on 03/10/2008, -2/+2Stalin starved 7 million Ukranians in 1932 by taking their farmland and putting them on Siberian gulags. Then add the the concentration camps after WWII that killed millions of Christians.
    • talonstriker, on 03/10/2008, -1/+8Actually, that would be the best way to "find" the VM. When you stare at things for a long time, your eyes /mind goes batty and you start seeing things. I can't imagine the things you'll be able to see if you're staring at the sun.
    • Frejesal, on 03/10/2008, -19/+2Haha you dumbass. XD
      First of all this isn't a religious belief, because if you actually bothered to read or even skim the article before spewing anti-religion garbage you'd see that the church disowned the miracle, and the whole miracle was a RUMOR.
      Buried, you and the article.
      • Kronos6948, on 03/10/2008, -2/+15Just because the Church denied it doesn't take away the fact that the BELIEVERS were dumb enough to do it anyway.
        • Frejesal, on 03/10/2008, -9/+1So wait, now random people who are part of a faith determine that faith's beliefs?
          You might want to work on your simple reasoning skills.
      • alienunknown, on 03/10/2008, -2/+9oh yes and what the church teaches is highly intelligent!

        There is only one TRUE god, and that is the FSM
      • frazw, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4I'm pretty sure those religious people in the article believed it enough to damage their eyesight. To my mind that makes it a religious belief.
        The Church does not own all religion and religious beliefs.
    • ryan850, on 03/10/2008, -2/+5Who's saying religious beliefs never hurt anybody? I could site hundreds of examples if I had the time.. which incidentally I do but I'm far too lazy.
      • SuperWinner, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1cite
        • Tetraca, on 03/11/2008, -0/+3Those parents who are religious nutters that thought that they could save their kids entirely by the power of prayer. That should give you at least one hundred cases where religious beliefs somehow endangered, hurt, nearly killed, or actually killed someone.
    • WolverineBlue, on 03/10/2008, -5/+3"So much for saying religious beliefs never hurt anyone."
      lolwut? We used to say that?
    • drjones78, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6Look into events of Medjugorje. Supposedly the virgin mary has been appearing there for years, and catholics and christians make pilgrimages there to hopefully see "miracles".

      Many of them say one of the things that happens is that they are able to stare at the sun and "watch it dance", and not suffer any eye damage. Its commonly believed to be true by many a christian, and they flock to this town in droves to actually do it. Meanwhile, the poor war torn town rakes in the tourist dollars.

      Idiots.
    • OrangeTide, on 03/10/2008, -2/+6It's not really religion, it's the crazy superstitions around Mary that some Catholics have.
      • frazw, on 03/10/2008, -1/+10Um crazy superstitions are not religion? Ok, news to me.
    • PxCxG, on 03/10/2008, -7/+1To be fair, I'm sure many people over the years have gone blind from looking at the sun in the name of astronomy.
      • Waterrat, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6 No they don't,cause they have special filters to protect their vision.
        • PxCxG, on 03/10/2008, -4/+1Thanks for that nugget of wisdom, sherlock. Obviously I'm not saying *all* astronomers have gone blind. Remember, "special filters" are relatively new innovations to the field of astronomy.
        • frazw, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4I seriously doubt that someone educated enough to have been an astronomer would know better than to look at the sun.
          Even the Astrologers of old were highly educated people and probably wouldn't.
          Unless of course you consider the village idiot who stared at the sun to study it an astronomer. I know I don't.
        • fmaxwell, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2No, PxCxG. they are not "relatively new innovations." The use of filters for observing the sun was described by Petrus Apianus in the 'Astronomicum Caesareum' of 1540. Galileo used them in the early 1600s. I don't consider something used by Galileo as a "relatively new [innovation] to the field of astronomy."
    • captainboog, on 03/10/2008, -8/+2keyword: sun gazing
      people do this and don't go blind. you just have to pace yourself so that you build up a tolerance and "skill" for it. personally, i've probably stared at the sun for a total of an hour or two, spread out over a month. i still have near perfect vision. i went too fast though and had to quit, so my eyes would heal.
      • jparkinson, on 03/11/2008, -0/+7If i could, I would give your eyes to a blind person (preferably not one whose blindness was caused by pure stupidity like the people in the article) because you are clearly stupid and don't deserve them.
    • jiveturkeyblues, on 03/11/2008, -1/+2the article said it was a lot of young girls. 12 year olds and what-not. so...that's not TOO unreasonable.
    • jesuswuzanalien, on 03/11/2008, -2/+2You've obviously never met a Catholic before...
    • jim1977, on 03/11/2008, -2/+2Before you get too scornful, remember that right here in the west we have to be reminded not to stare at the sun every single time there's an eclipse or any other type of solar event. The warnings turn up everywhere from papers to kids' TV shows where they show you how to make a 'solar viewer' - which is usually a pinhole in thick card - to news reports and morning TV talking about blinded kids and their families.

      In short: shut up, you dense bastard.
  • metapop, on 03/10/2008, -3/+153i was in india several years back, and saw an english newspaper- one of the articles talked about a hindu ritual involving a very large statue surrounded by scaffolding so that followers could climb to its head several stories high and pour milk on its head. after multiple dousings of milk on the statue's head, milk flooded the area and electrocuted several people standing in line who were near floodlights. everyone thought the god was angry, jumped off the scaffolding and stampeded out of the temple, trampling many other people. i still don't really know what to think about that- whether to feel sorry for them, or to think they deserve the lies they've accepted as truth... the newspaper itself supported the angle that the god had something to do with its followers' deaths.
    • postitnote, on 03/10/2008, -1/+60Remember when Ned Flanders had a statue of Maude and people thought they saw heaven when they were in front of it? And remember how it was all due to a gas leak?
    • talonstriker, on 03/10/2008, -3/+40I'm am an ethnic Indian and I unabashedly say that the people over there (I'm in US now) are clueless idiots who can't wean away from superstition--not even the educated ones with PHd's in engineering.
      • kingmanic, on 03/10/2008, -2/+20The various deep ingrained religious mentalities is probably why India has the highest per capita PhD's but isn't climbing out of it's third world status as quickly as China.
      • nachyaonline, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4Agree with you a 100%, I have friends who have PHD's from American universities, have stayed in the US for almost a decade and still accept dowry for their marriages just because it is tradition.
      • byrdgang, on 03/10/2008, -11/+2Thanks for stereotyping your own people (the people you know very well)! Idiot...

        (I am not Indian)
      • ecape7, on 03/10/2008, -3/+2thats cos people in india and the rest of the world take religion literally !!
    • JoeFelice, on 03/10/2008, -1/+27Yeah this is distinctly Indian. If it was in the US they'd charge admission.

      Optional $10 for a polaroid of you going blind.
    • Magipp, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5He was probably just tired of being permanently soaked in dairy. Poor guy.
  • treehelper, on 03/10/2008, -4/+86I feel so much better about myself. Poking myself in the eye thinking I was moving my sunglasses up my nose when they were actually on top of my head suddenly doesn't seem so bad.
    God bless religious people. They sure helped make me feel better about myself.
    • cutekelvins, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5You scared the ***** out of me.
    • Namco, on 03/10/2008, -0/+5I used to close my eyes and poke and rub at my eyelids to see the dancing "stars" and "fireworks" in the darkness. I was a stupid kid, but no eye damage. Have 20/15 vision to this day (27 years later).
    • jabberwolf, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3I once was blind but now I can see.....
      Or was that the other way around now ????!!!

      I think god helps those that help themselves - cant do much for the stupid - that's why god created Darwinism !
  • ImmortalAzrael, on 03/10/2008, -26/+230The stupidity of religion strikes again.
    • tacroy, on 03/10/2008, -14/+31Stupidity of PEOPLE strike again. I seriously doubt "staring at the sun" is a legitimate aspect of catholic religion.
      • DarkSamus, on 03/10/2008, -9/+53however, staring straight into a priest's ***** is
      • ImmortalAzrael, on 03/10/2008, -10/+45There is no legitimate aspect of the catholic religion.
        • tacroy, on 03/10/2008, -15/+7What about the rule to not murder people? Illegitimate? Or are you just being a sheep and hating things cause its cool to? I'm not a fan of catholicism, the bad definitely out weighs the good, but seems ignorant to claim that nothing it offers is good.
          • Otto, on 03/10/2008, -4/+17Not murdering people is a matter of self-preservation instinct. You don't need to have religion to know that it might not be a great idea.

            If you're going to say that religion is good, then please pick something that would not be there without the religion, yeah?
          • tacroy, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1Heh, read again. Aspect means "a part of" does NOT mean "created by" Also I said that the catholic religion ISN'T GOOD. "the bad definitely out weighs the good"

            I was just pointing out that blanket statements hurt the cause of logic and make people look ignorant. We're never going to convince anyone with baseless attacks.
        • Chassit, on 03/10/2008, -3/+12Except, history shows that if any religion is guilty of murder it is the Catholic one!
        • lewscroo, on 03/10/2008, -3/+4The murder thing may be legitimate if it was actually followed but the murder thing isn't exactly crystal clear in the bible. The bible is full of instances of murder for many reasons (adultery, conquering other people, etc, and not counting what god even does as murder) and since its printing murdering in its name is pretty common (And Im not saying there aren't plenty of other reasons or religions that people murder for)
        • PixelMagic, on 03/10/2008, -8/+3Yes there is. Butt sex with little boys. Duh.
        • computrius, on 03/10/2008, -3/+2"but the murder thing isn't exactly crystal clear in the bible".

          It says "thou shalt not kill".. how exactly is that not crystal clear? Seems pretty damn clear to me.. lol
          • Nevarius, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4Seems clear but there is exceptions made that make it a bit unclear. Plus add on wishful thinking of some people that use the bible to justify anything. Sit back and watch as insanity ensues.
          • Vindexus, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5It also says to kill people.
          • Otto, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1You know, even though god said "thou shalt not kill", when you actually read the rest of bible, god seems to be the leading cause of death. I mean, when you have him making bears eat children for making fun of a bald guy, then I kinda gotta wonder how committed god is to the whole commandment thing.
      • alienunknown, on 03/10/2008, -3/+9Your right. Only murder, prejudice and hatred are legitimate aspects of the catholic religion.
      • Ghiren, on 03/10/2008, -2/+4Staring at the sun? no... Searching for a Jewish woman who gave birth to a fatherless man then was raised to demi-goddess status (kinda strange for a fiercely monotheistic religion) in the hopes of an insanely unlikely event working in their favor (i.e. a "miracle")? Yeah... I think ImmortalAzrael got it right. Searching for that woman/demi-goddess in the sun was just the stupidity of people compounding the problem.
        • Waterrat, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4 No,under normal circumstances,a person would never stare at the sun.but their religious fantasy's
          caused them to do this.
      • one1plus1one, on 03/10/2008, -3/+2If your only experience with Catholicism is of the "perverted priest" kind, then yes no one could blame you for feeling there is nothing legitimate about Catholicism.

        But the priests I have known have all done tremendous and great things in the community -- I can't even describe how much of themselves they have given to helping others, including how they helped abused single Mothers seeking refuge from violent husbands, drug addicts who wanted to turn their life around etc...

        I have also had what I could only describe as very intense spiritual and sacred moments in Catholicism, including one very intense moment in confession when I felt the weight the of world lifted my shoulders.

        Confession is often portrayed in movies for comedic purposes, or to stereotype priesthood as in the "perverted priest" motif. But it is nothing like that in real life. At least not for me.
        • Gunegune, on 03/10/2008, -2/+1While on the subject of confession in Hollywood movies, one of the best examples of a real confession I've ever seen would have to be in "The Godfather III".
        • Otto, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Doing lots of good deeds does not make up for doing bad deeds as well. I mean, what if somebody was a good family man, went to church every day, helped out in the community, but then also killed somebody? Or maybe not killed somebody, but just did something to them that was pretty darned evil? Would you let him off because he's a good guy?

          Brainwashing people into believing in fairy tales about heaven and hell and saints and sinners and angels and demons... I do not consider this to be forgivable just because "he's a good guy". When you do bad things, then you are a bad person. Priests are bad people. All of them. Look, they may mean well, but what you intend to do really doesn't count when you're still doing bad things.
    • cutekelvins, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7did anyone see her btw ?
      • Price, on 03/10/2008, -2/+5Yeah I did, she was a total babe. 10/10.
      • connormcmenamin, on 03/11/2008, -2/+5you can only see mythical creatures in your head
      • SuperWinner, on 03/11/2008, -0/+3They all see her, thats the problem
    • Sinistocrat, on 03/10/2008, -0/+8I think many people are overlooking the fact that tourists now visit the site specifically to discover this miracle. As if from that particular location, the sun looks different than from anywhere else. I find this potentially more retarded than actually staring into the sun.
    • Jpotts12, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0This just goes to show that even silly little superstitions can be harmful.
  • BigOrangeHippo, on 03/10/2008, -7/+37I... I just don't have the words.
    • DarkSamus, on 03/10/2008, -3/+24blind faith?
      • JasonMaloney101, on 03/10/2008, -1/+7Normally I would see what you did there.
        Too bad 3 of my past 5 comments said that too, now I've been blinded by some angry diggers.
    • beansac, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1How about these: What's your favorite planet? Mine's the sun.
    • rb79, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0Better: "I am speechless! I am without speech."
  • phildo, on 03/10/2008, -5/+162This is EXACTLY why Ben doesn't want anyone finding the island.
    • L4WL3RS34L, on 03/11/2008, -0/+6Dugg for nerdiness.
      • xNIBx, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Since when Lost, one of the most watched television programs, is considered nerdy?
    • TheKappa, on 03/11/2008, -0/+5Dude, I'd dig you twice for that comment if I could.
    • spootmonkey, on 03/11/2008, -0/+5Comment of the week.
    • johnking, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0Don't you mean Jacob?
    • rmeddy, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Nice LOST Reference.
  • Zecchetti, on 03/10/2008, -12/+58ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!
    • thirdeyeopen, on 03/10/2008, -1/+18I was too, until I read that some of the people were children. How is that not child abuse, telling your kid to stare at the sun?
      • briguymaine, on 03/10/2008, -2/+5geez, thanks for the buzz kill...
      • commernie, on 03/10/2008, -3/+16It ought to be considered child abuse, as should any other type of religious indoctrination.
        • andrew1193, on 03/10/2008, -8/+3Does that include Marxism?
          • bjornski, on 03/11/2008, -1/+4What deity is involved there?

            Oh that's right, you're just talking out of your ass again.
          • Edrick, on 03/11/2008, -0/+3If the child was raised to believe orthodox Marxism was the ONLY legitimate ideology and encouraged to believe it dogmatically, then yes, it would be indoctrination.
          • commernie, on 03/11/2008, -1/+5@Edrick
            While mostly I agree with you, I have to say that, even then, it's not the same as religious indoctrination. Political ideologies can be questioned and one can attempt to prove them wrong or invalid. This is not true of religion, which is why it is so dangerous.
          • andrew1193, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1"What deity is involved there?"

            To paraphrase R.J. Rummel, communism has a priesthood, holy books, its view of heaven and hell, its religious certitude, and the faith of its adherents.
      • SonicAD, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Yeah, well you've got three eyes, so at least you'd have a spare.
    • KingGorilla, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3Yeah, I feel like a bastard after just bursting out in laughter at the title
    • SonicAD, on 03/10/2008, -3/+2posted in wrong place, bury please
    • moletimer, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4ROFL mayonnaise?
  • 3tcp, on 03/10/2008, -2/+10Beware the wrath of Surya!
  • themacx, on 03/10/2008, -3/+67well... you can see Jesus when you look into a MIG welder.
    • 8KROM, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1I only saw the Flying Spaghetti Monster when I stared into a mig welder..
  • MattJF317, on 03/10/2008, -8/+277You can smell the Virgin Mary at the bottom of any pool.
    • sircomix, on 03/10/2008, -8/+2Nicely played! Arf!
    • n88n, on 03/10/2008, -1/+22HAHA! We used to tell the freshman on the swim team that it smelled like KFC underwater in our pool. Never fail every year at least one kid would come up coughing like hell. Suckers...
      • jparkinson, on 03/11/2008, -0/+5Holy crap, I can't believe someone would actually fall for that.
      • jesuswuzanalien, on 03/11/2008, -1/+3Holy crap, I can't believe someone would actually join the swim team.
      • Jpotts12, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Anyone that dumb almost deserves it.
    • OrangeTide, on 03/10/2008, -3/+3I once saw the Virgin Mary inside a Volcano.
  • sfacets, on 03/10/2008, -20/+11Good 'ol time religion. (Nah, just Christianity, actually.)
    • glock22ownr, on 03/10/2008, -15/+6actually wise ass... i believe this time it is catholicism ... good try though
      • Brownds, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7Only difference is one likes to touch little boys.
        • alienunknown, on 03/10/2008, -2/+5And the others like to rape the women :)
      • JoeFelice, on 03/10/2008, -1/+11a distinction without a difference
        • Chassit, on 03/10/2008, -2/+2Indeed.
        • veriix, on 03/10/2008, -5/+2Well, if you don't know what you're talking about then every thing is the same isn't it?
      • Nanobe, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7"Christian" is a generic term for a follower of Jesus of Nazareth ("Jesus Christ"). Are you implying that Catholics don't follow the teachings of Jesus?
      • yournightmare, on 03/10/2008, -1/+7Catholics are Christians, wise ass. So are Mormons, Baptists, Episcopalian, etc.
    • talonstriker, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2I read your comments just because of your avatar (I assume you know what it signifies).
    • Campog, on 03/10/2008, -1/+7Yes, because no other religions have caused their believers to do anything stupid. Nope, only Christianity.
      /s, dur
      • computrius, on 03/10/2008, -3/+41) Yeah, Muslims dont go suicide bombing for seventeen virgins..
        2) Aztecs never offered human sacrifices to the volcano gods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice_in_Az ...
        3) Hindu women never burned themselves alive when husbands die (http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/07-06-200 ...

        Yeah.. Christianity is the only one where people did stupid things..
        Just because someone who calls them self a christian goes out and shoots someone, or brings their country to war in the name of god doesn't mean that murder is ok and that person represents all of Christianity. Just like suicide bombing, and burning oneself alive doesn't represent all Muslims or Hindus
  • michelsonmorley, on 03/10/2008, -18/+14Bah.. even without religion these people would have done something just as dumb.
    • RedShoulder, on 03/11/2008, -0/+7Maybe, maybe not. However, religion does seem to hasten the ignorant to do ignorant things, if not to themselves then to others.

      "Jackass" movie cast and fans notwithstanding....
  • 2oonhed, on 03/10/2008, -5/+43lol....perfect. Now that you are blinded, to complete the natural selection process we will be going a short jog. If you hear yelling and honking? don't worry, it is simply the people of the land celebrating your arrival to the freeway system.
    • thedogfatherx, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Haha....thats good stuff.
    • SuperWinner, on 03/11/2008, -1/+2these newly blinded people sadly still have reproductive organs...
  • suzywang3000, on 03/10/2008, -11/+50thank God for evolution
    • ahawks, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6Hopefully none of these people have procreated, and their self imposed blindness will reduce their odds of successfully mating.
      • Waterrat, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1 I dunno...I had a friend in college who married a blind man. They had two kids together.
    • ProfessorFoo, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4They probably already have 15 kids each (yes including the 12 year old).
    • screwfanboys1, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1oh the irony!
  • juiceguy20, on 03/10/2008, -2/+145Dugg, just for the level of human stupidity involved.
    • chrisaug18, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6Dugg, just for the MASS level of human stupidity involved. If it was one guy I could see that happenning but 50 people?
  • prompel, on 03/10/2008, -3/+22Hallelujah!
  • Winston84, on 03/10/2008, -6/+61Intelligent design ? I think NOT !
  • fruitsofherwomb, on 03/10/2008, -6/+33This goes to show you how stupid religious fanatics are.
    • moletimer, on 03/10/2008, -3/+1Dugg for the Salad Fingers display pic :P
  • theNazz, on 03/10/2008, -2/+45They saw the light... then it blinded them. So much for divine protection.
    • SuperWinner, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1well it gives them something to do, they'll most likely spend the rest of their lives praying to jeebus to return their sight.
  • dasbush, on 03/10/2008, -27/+9I swear, not all religious people are this stupid. I would not stare into the sun to see a miracle. In fact, I highly doubt that God would ever make a miracle that causes pain to the viewers
    • plasticxme, on 03/10/2008, -3/+12I'm not sure if I agree with you... I'm pretty sure that if I was a god I would do it just for sh*ts and giggles. Who knows what kind of sick mind god might have, if he does actually exist.
      • topapito, on 03/10/2008, -1/+8God does these things to teach you a lesson. Like, don't stare into the sun you idiot. /sarcasm
        • bjornski, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1That's more of a lesson Loki would teach you.
      • commernie, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2He doesn't.
    • slightlygifted, on 03/10/2008, -0/+6moses happened to make God summon a fire tornado which kind of owned a bunch of egyptians. if thats not pain i dont know what is.
    • carbonetc, on 03/10/2008, -1/+6That's because the 'miracle' label only gets attached to things people wanted to happen.
    • noisician, on 03/10/2008, -0/+740 day/40 night flood? big painful miracle
      7 plagues? big painful miracle
      childbirth? big painful miracle

      [if you buy into miracles in the first place, that is]
      • bagelmaster, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2who the hell said childbirth is a miracle? That's like saying it's a miracle that I can take a *****... something our bodies do naturally should never ever be considered a miracle... not that I believe in miracles anyway, but yeah.
    • Kronos6948, on 03/10/2008, -0/+4People consider childbirth a miracle...and I heard that's not a pleasant experience. I don't think Lot's wife would agree with you, either...nor the firstborn sons of the Egyptians who didn't paint the lambs blood on the door (if in fact either of those last two stories actually happened).
    • perogi21, on 03/10/2008, -2/+3God doesn't make miracles, people make miracles.
      • SuperWinner, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2people make up gods too, been doing it since the beginning of people
    • Daz3, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2Life is full of pain, I assume you attribute the 'miracle' of life to your specific God...
  • Lyletp, on 03/10/2008, -3/+6What a great story :)
  • Vergisst, on 03/10/2008, -2/+117Was I the only one surprised that this wasn't coming from The Onion?
    • macjaeh, on 03/10/2008, -0/+7I totally thought it was an Onion article.
      • moletimer, on 03/10/2008, -3/+2Obama reads the Onion? Awesome!

        /display-pic sarcasm
    • jesuswuzanalien, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1If it were anyone other than Catholics, yes.
    • Jpotts12, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0I've ceased to be surprised by nearly any kind of human stupidity, so I didn't find it surprising that this wasn't from the onion.
  • sophiaperennis, on 03/10/2008, -6/+5Literalists not so much FTW.
  • doctechnical, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2Damn, now I'm going to have the Manfred Mann song going through my head all day...
    • analogkid01, on 03/10/2008, -3/+3I remember that one..."Blinded by the light...something something something DOUCHE something..."
    • Kronos6948, on 03/10/2008, -0/+2I like the original better...by Bruce Springsteen.
  • DarkSamus, on 03/10/2008, -2/+16at least they get an honorable mention at the annual darwin awards
    • CarStan, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1But sadly they are still in the reproductive cycle. They would only qualify for one, if they decided to drive home by themselfs in their current condition or something like that. (Excluding the poor little girls of course, they can't be blamed for the dumbness of their parents)
      • SatNav, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1that's why he said they'd get an honourable mention, not win an award.

        *must try harder* :P
  • LiquidShield, on 03/10/2008, -1/+8Didn't their parrents tell them not to stare into the sun... : (
  • MurphyWatson, on 03/10/2008, -4/+12Darwinism FTMFW
  • arbouler, on 03/10/2008, -1/+33and they say masturbation makes you blind!
    • moletimer, on 03/10/2008, -1/+8Do they?....oh *****...
      • Waterrat, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4ROTFL!!!!
        If that was true,99 percent of the adult humans and all the birds and mammals would be blind by now.
  • MattManx, on 03/10/2008, -5/+58Science+1 God 0
    • sfacets, on 03/10/2008, -7/+1Actually this is Science+1 Christianity 0
    • AvidPreatorian, on 03/10/2008, -7/+1Stupid spiritual people -1 Normal spiritual people 0
    • SuperWinner, on 03/11/2008, -0/+2science +1 gob - 50
  • johanm, on 03/10/2008, -2/+19I was convinced this was an article by the Onion.
    alas, it was real humans....
  • elasticsoul, on 03/10/2008, -8/+130Darwin: 50
    Religion: 0
    • KingGorilla, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5well if we're gonna have a body count you should put in the crusades
  • mrloco, on 03/10/2008, -7/+2The joke's on jesus
  • Aidenf77, on 03/10/2008, -1/+10I saw a piece of toast once that would have satisfied their quest without the sacrifice...

    Stupid enough to look for her in the sun. Dumb enough to find her on a burnt piece of toast, I would say.
  • uptwolait, on 03/10/2008, -3/+87Jesus healed the blind.
    Stupidity brought it back.
  • Calann, on 03/10/2008, -9/+14I hope the loss of vision is not permanent. It's not like they were looking to harm anyone, they were just looking for hope.
    • bjs3171, on 03/10/2008, -0/+21i just hope none of those people have children. we really don't need more people that dumb.
    • Kronos6948, on 03/10/2008, -3/+7Let them pray to their god and see if he heals them.
    • Waterrat, on 03/10/2008, -1/+4 Why would seeing the v Mary give them hope?
      What would they be hoping for?
      And yes,the damage would be permanent. Once your retina is damaged,well that's it,no second chance.
    • RottenJalapeno, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0If at first you dont succeed, try, try again.
  • corners, on 03/10/2008, -2/+108If they didn't have blind faith then, they do now ;)
    • madgooseparade, on 03/10/2008, -5/+1XD LMAO
    • Azerael, on 03/10/2008, -9/+3No; now the only difference is their blind faith is literal.
      • screwfanboys1, on 03/11/2008, -1/+2thank you for explaining that

        /facepalm
  • Dan137exe, on 03/10/2008, -0/+21Idiots. Everyone knows you're supposed to use a pinhole projector to see the Virgin Mary in the Sun.
  • floridiot2, on 03/10/2008, -0/+35Apparently no one told them the goggles do nothing.
  • whatthefu, on 03/10/2008, -1/+7This is the definition of failure.
  • rock774, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3I looked and now all i see is spots !
  • liuite, on 03/10/2008, -7/+2wasn't Saul blinded by GOD? maybe the same thing happened to these folks???
    • wellyuk, on 03/10/2008, -1/+1Maybe. Maybe not.
    • jparkinson, on 03/11/2008, -0/+3No, they looked at the sun, a giant ***** fireball in the sky, for too long and they burned their retina's.
  • bjs3171, on 03/10/2008, -4/+4Face, meet Palm. Now, smack each other.
  • madgooseparade, on 03/10/2008, -1/+5It's ridiculous but terribly fascinating that these people are so devout that they will look into the sun for a glimmer of proof until they go blind.
    THAT'S determination, my friends.
    • Trollmaster, on 03/10/2008, -1/+10nope... just plain stupidity
      • Waterrat, on 03/10/2008, -1/+3 Yup,rock hard 100 percent unadulterated stupidity.
        Not even the stupidest insect on the planet stares into the sun!
        • wellyuk, on 03/10/2008, -1/+2On the contrary, the rare Leptothorax minutissimus ant, they're known for staring into the sun.
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1You say "devout" I say "deluded". And the results please?..........The results also say "deluded".
      Religion has a long history of being completely wrong about pretty much everything.
  • CaptainCool53, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3"One time, I took a pair of binoculars and stared at the sun for over an hour!"
    - Will Ferrell as Harry Caray
    • cheesypasta, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3I have a friend who actually tried that as a kid, thinking he would be able to see sun spots and solar flares. Yea, he has very bad eyesight now.
  • RUFFyamahaRYDER, on 03/10/2008, -0/+7You can see the Virgin Mary if you give me $10,000 and I sock you in the face....

    ...twice!
  • AtheistRev, on 03/10/2008, -14/+12Good.
    http://www.atheistrevolution.com
    • arcooke, on 03/10/2008, -0/+1Are you the same guy I see repeatedly posting that link on IMDb? I don't care, just curious. Whoever is posting it there uses the same or similar nickname.
    • OrangeTide, on 03/10/2008, -2/+5Despite being an Atheist. I really can't stand most other atheists. Why do some people think being an atheist gives them a license to be an arrogant douche?
      • SSUK, on 03/10/2008, -0/+3I'm pretty sure Christians hate those arrogant douche Christians as well...
  • astylez, on 03/10/2008, -2/+10reminds me of the golden rule:

    http://digg.com/arts_culture/The_Golden_Rule_For_A ...
  • glock22ownr, on 03/10/2008, -2/+7AHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAA !!!! whew ... needed that...
  • ClevelandBrown, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0Some people are so incredibly stupid, you just can't feel sorry for them.
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