How can the preservation of saints' bodies be shown scientifically?

Question

And how about the their blood liquefying on certain days of the year? I remember reading articles explaining scientifically how certain chemicals preserve the body and liquefy the blood...Christians call these occurrences "miracles," but in reality are these in fact nothing more than naturally occurring phenomenons?

Answer 1

There's no such thing as "miracles." They're usually just explainable natural phemonena or sheer coincidence (ie someone praying to a person and then his cancer goes into remission).

Answer 2

These Catholic saints are called the ' Incorruptibles'. Whenever such a miracle occurs the Catholic church orders a thorough investigation into the matter to make sure that it is a miracle and not a fraud. Numerous scientific studies are carried out by doctors not necessarily from the church to prove that no chemicals have been used to preserve the bodies or to create a ' miracle'. Only when 100% sure that this is a sign from God that the Catholic church goes ahead and declares it a miracle.

Here is a good link to pictures of the Incorruptibles. Often these bodies had been covered with quicklime ( decaying agent ) to assist in the decaying process , yet have defied nature. Many of these bodies emit a sweet fragrance of flowers rather than the smell of rotting flesh. Catholics consider this as a true sign of God's Hand.
http://www.overcomeproblems.com/incorruptables.htm

If this was a naturally occurring phenomenon one would see it all over the world irrespective of religion. Why does it happen only with the bodies of Catholic saints?

Answer 3

No...in reality these miracles have been checked by scientists and found to be exactly what they are purported to be.

The Eucharist that changed into the flesh and blood was tested by independent laboratories and skeptical scientists more then once. Every time the same conclusion...it is human heart flesh and blood. Blood type AB, which is the same as the Shroud of Turin. AB blood type is also more common to middle eastern peoples.

The weeping statues and pictures have been tested and re-tested...all found to be human tears and/or human blood. Many were tested by non-Catholic skeptics and remain unexplained by science or medicine.

The "uncoruptables" have also been examined. Science is at a loss as to how these things happen.

Of course Christians aren't we know about miracles.

Answer 4

I have one word to descibe the practice which was done to "find" the incorrupitbles. Digging up bones from a graveyard by candlelight. Sacrilegeous!

Answer 5

A miracle is something good that super beings do for us. Hurricanes and Earthquakes are other kindnesses.

Answer 6

Those are Catholic beliefs. That's all I'm going to say.

Answer 7

Catholics not Christians