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The Weeping crucifix in Mumbai is a statue of the crucified Jesus in Mumbai (Bombay) which attracted widespread attention in 2012 when a constant stream of water began to seep from its feet. Some of the local Catholic faithful believed the incident to be a miracle; however, the skeptic-rationalist author Sanal Edamaruku provided evidence that the water stemmed from a faulty sewage system, which seeped due to capillary action. However, Edamaruku also accused Latin Christian priests of regularly scamming devotees and defrauding miracles to make money, and build bigger and newer churchs or convents, and mocked the Pope as "anti-science". A church representative admitted Edamaruku had the "right to doubt", and Christian activists said that the backlash was not for debunking the alleged "miracl

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  • The Weeping crucifix in Mumbai is a statue of the crucified Jesus in Mumbai (Bombay) which attracted widespread attention in 2012 when a constant stream of water began to seep from its feet. Some of the local Catholic faithful believed the incident to be a miracle; however, the skeptic-rationalist author Sanal Edamaruku provided evidence that the water stemmed from a faulty sewage system, which seeped due to capillary action. However, Edamaruku also accused Latin Christian priests of regularly scamming devotees and defrauding miracles to make money, and build bigger and newer churchs or convents, and mocked the Pope as "anti-science". A church representative admitted Edamaruku had the "right to doubt", and Christian activists said that the backlash was not for debunking the alleged "miracl (en)
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  • The Weeping crucifix in Mumbai is a statue of the crucified Jesus in Mumbai (Bombay) which attracted widespread attention in 2012 when a constant stream of water began to seep from its feet. Some of the local Catholic faithful believed the incident to be a miracle; however, the skeptic-rationalist author Sanal Edamaruku provided evidence that the water stemmed from a faulty sewage system, which seeped due to capillary action. However, Edamaruku also accused Latin Christian priests of regularly scamming devotees and defrauding miracles to make money, and build bigger and newer churchs or convents, and mocked the Pope as "anti-science". A church representative admitted Edamaruku had the "right to doubt", and Christian activists said that the backlash was not for debunking the alleged "miracle" but for the defamatory statements made live on television. After which he became subsequently subject to multiple first information reports (FIR) under blasphemy laws. A Catholic lawyer and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay called for him to apologise for the comments. After receiving a barrage of threats, he migrated to Finland to avoid being arrested under the blasphemy law. (en)
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