The sun's trajectory wasn't really deviated, so there was no miracle.

This argument is used in the debate : Does God exist?.

This argument is an objection to : Our Lady's apparitions and prodigies at Fatima prove the existence of God.

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During the Fatima events, crowds claimed to see the sun "dancing". But no astronomical observatory detected any particular phenomenon or deviation in the sun's path. Nothing happened, so we can't speak of a "miracle".

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There's no need for the sun's trajectory to have been actually deviated; it's a miracle in itself that a whole crowd saw the sun "dance".

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