Perhaps some of the journalists or maybe someone who has seen the letters appear, not just seen them afterwards. A video would be a nice thing.
I can't be absolutely sure. Neither you nor me have exhaustive information about the case. Most likely there are such witnesses and probably a video, I guess. No, I don't have exhaustive evidence, but if someone makes an extraordinary claim (as this surely is) they have an obligation to provide extraordinary evidence or rational people are going to be skeptical. Again I will contend that if such video evidence or eyewitness accounts existed, it would be quite unusual for them not to be put forth, since those who make the claim would naturally expect people to ask for evidence and want to prove themselves genuine. , in my view, there are too many direct and circumstantial evidences pointing out that it's true rather than a fake. I think it's silly to declare “It's impossible just because it can't be possible.” Of course, I may be wrong. Well, impossible and "cant be possible" are essentially the same thing, aren't they. However, I didn't say it was impossible. I will say that it's amazingly unlikely (would you agree?) and that lacking credible evidence, I would suspect it's a fake.
Evidence that sometimes diagnoses are wrong, or that sick people get better for unknown reasons.
It's possible. But I think it's unlikely, though. I mean wrong diagnose. By the way, what is an «unknown reasons», in your opinion? A miracle? An unknown reason is simply that: a reason that is unexplained or unknown. Obviously our knowledge of medicine is vast, but still incomplete and doctors are baffled by some things that the human body does.
I see no reason to attribute these things to magic.
It's not a magic. It's something else. writing from a book appearing on a baby's skin, willed there by someone's god. One of my dictionaries gives one definition of magic as the use of special powers to make things happen which would usually be impossible, such as in stories for children I think this fits.
And a "healthy" baby who has regular 40 degree temperatures isn't really healthy is he?
Everything is relative. I mean it's better to have temporary a fever than lifelong incurable disease; no?
If the baby's skin is being irritated when the marks are made by whoever is doing this, then a fever might be reasonable to expect.
You think they have been torturing their child for nine months??? I strongly doubt. Then why they have tortured the infant if they have an elder son? You think they are monsters? It's not in a tradition of Caucasus. It's not in the tradition of any people to abuse their children. And yet there are people who do it. Yes, I think they are abusing this baby.
Simple people are certainly not beyond greed or other "sins"
Yes, I agree with you. But it's a different case. Here, in Russia, they'll gain nothing from it except pain in the ass.
If it's a fake the only reason they are a religious fanatics. However, It doesn't look like that. As far as I heard it's a secular family. After all, who knows? They could be secular (however this quote from the mother doesn't sound too secular: "Allah is great and he sent me my miracle child to keep our people safe," ) but so am I and if was going to commit such a hoax, I'd certainly uses verses from the Koran or whatever was the dominant religion in the area than, say, quotes from a fellow secularist. I think you should encourage your skepticism on this on Konstka. Those who are skeptical about this are not attacking (though they may question the parent's motives if it is a hoax) and it doesn't say anything bad about the rest of your countrymen.
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