19-Jul-2013, 07:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 19-Jul-2013, 08:39 AM by Matthew Ellard.)
My name is Matthew. I am an Australian skeptic. I am a member of the Skeptic Society's internet forum. I am asking for assistance.
The Problem
In previous years, it has been claimed that Hindu statues "drank milk". The Indian Directorate of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Science and Rationalists' Association of India have issued press releases sensibly stating that this was due to capillary action. This makes sense.
We have an American Hindu join the Skeptic Society's forum. He is religious. He claims that the capillary action that gives the illusion that statues "drinking milk" has stopped and that no one in the world, today, can perform the illusion using Hindu statues of any type.
My Question
Does any member here have a video or similar type of evidence link to any Hindu state, anywhere, "drinking milk" ( or any other liquid) that is not tasking place on a Hindu festival day? My aim is to show one example and thus end this false claim.
Notes
Here is the discussion on the Skeptic Society forum.
http://www.skepticforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=20720
I have read the scientific explanations from The Indian Directorate of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)[/i] and the Science and Rationalists' Association of India and I agree with and understand their observations.
Here is an example of a Hindu state "drinking milk" in 1995.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzhfPSxkdb4
Thanks everyone. Sorry to be a pain by asking for your help. I'm a nice bloke and I grew up in Kerala as my parents lectured there.
The Problem
In previous years, it has been claimed that Hindu statues "drank milk". The Indian Directorate of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Science and Rationalists' Association of India have issued press releases sensibly stating that this was due to capillary action. This makes sense.
We have an American Hindu join the Skeptic Society's forum. He is religious. He claims that the capillary action that gives the illusion that statues "drinking milk" has stopped and that no one in the world, today, can perform the illusion using Hindu statues of any type.
My Question
Does any member here have a video or similar type of evidence link to any Hindu state, anywhere, "drinking milk" ( or any other liquid) that is not tasking place on a Hindu festival day? My aim is to show one example and thus end this false claim.
Notes
Here is the discussion on the Skeptic Society forum.
http://www.skepticforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=20720
I have read the scientific explanations from The Indian Directorate of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)[/i] and the Science and Rationalists' Association of India and I agree with and understand their observations.
Here is an example of a Hindu state "drinking milk" in 1995.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzhfPSxkdb4
Thanks everyone. Sorry to be a pain by asking for your help. I'm a nice bloke and I grew up in Kerala as my parents lectured there.