Sometimes Religion Makes People Stupid

 

At least 50 people in India have gone blind since Friday after staring directly at the sun in the hopes of seeing the Virgin Mary...

According to the Telegraph, believers are flocking to the house of a hotelier, above which a vision of the Virgin Mary has reportedly appeared. This is after the hotelier "had claimed that statues of the Virgin Mary in his house have been crying honey and bleeding oils and perfumes."

 Churches in the area have denounced the "miracle", but only after doctors and health care officials approahced the clergy about the harmful effects. Alarmed officials have even put up signs warning pilgrims of the dangers of looking directly at the sun and dispelling rumours of the miraculous image. But so far, to no avail.

We'd write more but we're not sure there is anything else to be said. 

 [via Telegraph]