‘Miraculous’ Image of Guadalupe (Skeptic Article)

[Ice_nine]

this is slightly irrelevant, but today my nine year old cousin said "what if Jesus was Mexican and instead of eating holy bread we got a holy taco (so tasty)?!"

stupid kid ;)

[MarysLittleFlower]

On ‎25‎/‎11‎/‎2015‎ ‎9‎:‎23‎:‎23‎, Josh said:

I will have to check out these other ones. I'm not familiar with this stuff. I just find it lame if the stories aren't true or they're made up. Maybe lame is not the right word. I don't know what word I'm looking for. I guess I'm just taking this all in as I transition to my mid 30's. The Bible, Miracles like these, Dogma, World history and how it's told. It actually doesn't affect my faith in God. I still believe strongly. Although it's from experiences with God in a relationship. 

I don't think they are made up though. I believe in things like Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Shroud of Turin, etc.

[Seven77]

http://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blog/st-juan-diegos-miraculous-proof/4581/

The last part of this article got me thinking––how is it that this image is a fake? It was painted by an artist or artists who knew the Aztec culture, Western astronomy, Biblical references, and topography? That's kind of hard for me to believe. And how is it that such a staggering number of converts came about in the years after the image was produced? Everything really does seem to suggest that it is miraculous.  

Why must it look like a photograph to be considered miraculous? I used to be bothered by the fact that it looked like a painting. But God works through things of the current day and age, why not through an image resembling a artistic, painted portrait?  It seems fitting to me. Sure, the angel at the bottom may have been painted in but that doesn't disprove anything about the entirety of the image--- and there's a line in that skeptical article that suggests the image was painted with a single brushstroke (and there's no explanation for it given)! What?? That's amazing!

St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, on this your feast day, pray for us!