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Why Hasnt Saint Bernadette's Body Not Decomposed?

scorpionatthepcscorpionatthepc Posts: 5,378
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Mum said its because she met the virgin Mary but I think there's more to it then that. Was her body frozen?
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    ianxianx Posts: 9,190
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    scorpionatthepc wrote: »
    Why Hasnt Saint Bernadette's Body Not Decomposed?
    The same reason most other bodies haven't not decomposed...?
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    ChipPaperChipPaper Posts: 18,521
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    ianx wrote: »
    The same reason most other bodies haven't not decomposed...?

    :D:D:D
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    droogiefretdroogiefret Posts: 24,117
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    scorpionatthepc wrote: »
    Mum said its because she met the virgin Mary but I think there's more to it then that. Was her body frozen?

    No I don't think so. If the doctor's report is to believed something very singular occurred here. There are cases of bodies not decomposing in normal timeframes - quite a few I think - but nothing like this length of time.
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    scorpionatthepcscorpionatthepc Posts: 5,378
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    ianx wrote: »
    The same reason most other bodies haven't not decomposed...?

    And that is?
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    McMahauldMcMahauld Posts: 1,257
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    scorpionatthepc wrote: »
    Mum said its because she met the virgin Mary but I
    think there's more to it then that. Was her body frozen?

    Your mum met the Virgin Mary?
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    ianxianx Posts: 9,190
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    scorpionatthepc wrote: »
    And that is?
    The cycle of life...

    As far as St Bernie goes, they keep digging her up and re-burying her so much that I believe she's getting a bit tatty these days. She's not quite so incorrupt as once she was.
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    ArcanaArcana Posts: 37,521
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    Get Scully on the case. Ⓧ
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    scorpionatthepcscorpionatthepc Posts: 5,378
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    McMahauld wrote: »
    Your mum met the Virgin Mary?

    No don't be silly.

    :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,093
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    Did she eat a lot of E numbers when alive?
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    McMahauldMcMahauld Posts: 1,257
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    scorpionatthepc wrote: »
    No don't be silly.
    :D

    Just the way I read the sentence. :) Silly, I know!
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    phylo_roadkingphylo_roadking Posts: 21,339
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    Plenty of E240 anyway!!!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,093
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    From what I've just read she has decomposed but copies of her hands and face were made when she died and they are now on her face and hands. Have you never seen House of wax with Paris Hilton? It's a true story.
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    McMahauldMcMahauld Posts: 1,257
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    stupidwheelie wrote: »
    Have you never seen House of wax with Paris Hilton?.

    No -I saw it with the Mrs, the 1953 version.

    Edit - the 1953 version.of the movie - not the Mrs.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,093
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    McMahauld wrote: »
    No -I saw it with the Mrs, the 1953 version.

    Edit - the 1953 version.of the movie - not the Mrs.

    I haven't seen the original. Is it good?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,093
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    phylo_roadking wrote: »
    Plenty of E240 anyway!!!

    Probably smoked.
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    Welsh-ladWelsh-lad Posts: 51,925
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    Perhaps she is pickled in gin and dubonnet... like the Queen Mother.
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    BungitinBungitin Posts: 5,356
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    She has had plastic surgery during one of her exhumations.

    So not entirely incorrupt.
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    McMahauldMcMahauld Posts: 1,257
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    stupidwheelie wrote: »
    I haven't seen the original. Is it good?

    Classic.Vincent Price. It was one of the first 3D movies.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045888/

    I don;t know whether or not the 3D version is available now though.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,093
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    McMahauld wrote: »
    Classic.Vincent Price. It was one of the first 3D movies.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045888/

    I don;t know whether or not the 3D version is available now though.

    I definitely have to see that. Thanks.

    3D on Blu-ray
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    Biffo the BearBiffo the Bear Posts: 25,859
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    It's a miracle of Christ; particularly appropriate given today we celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus.
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    getzlsgetzls Posts: 4,007
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    Biffo the Bear wrote: »
    It's a miracle of Christ; particularly appropriate given today we celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus.

    Unlikely.
    Also she was buried in a Lead Coffin.

    Too much idolatry in the RC church.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,313
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    She has decomposed, the hands and face are made of wax. I'd find a link but I'm on my phone and that sort of tech-ability is beyond me.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,915
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    Odd Socks wrote: »
    She has decomposed, the hands and face are made of wax.

    A wax exterior on a mummified body. Just another fake miracle to fool the weak-minded.
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    jrmswfcjrmswfc Posts: 5,644
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    Is it a trick thread title? So the actual question is "why has the body decomposed?"?
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 526
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    Who is Saint Bernadette??
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