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The pictures of the dancing sun were in the local newspaper. It is factual.

Recall that Satan can turn himself into an angel of light. Revelation also records He is able to perform signs as well.

Recall also that Satan knows the Word, probably better than all of us, and He will selectively quote it as we saw in the temptation of Jesus. He will also ever so slightly twist the Word as we saw in the Garden.

Pharaoh's magicians could perform some tricks as well.

Did something happen at Fatima? Let's concede for the moment that it did.

The task remains to evaluate the message of the "vision" against the Word to see if it stands up.

An honest comparison of the two will reveal that whatever the "vision" said at Fatima does not stand up when compared to the light of the Word.

Example:

Statement by the "vision":

"In order to move ever closer to Her, and therefore to Her Son, Our Lady stressed the importance of praying at least five decades of the Rosary daily. She asked us to wear the Brown Scapular (emphasis mine).

http://www.gotquestions.org/lady-fatima.html

What is the Brown Scapular for those who may be casually following this discussion?

From https://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/brown_scapular.htm

Those who wear it practice it a special devotion to Mary. In the past this was the Little Office of Our Lady, but today this can be commuted by any priest to the rosary. In addition, the person has a special entrustment of themselves to Mary for their salvation. This, in fact, has been promised to those who faithfully wear the scapular: "Those who die wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire."

Pay close attention....the ones who are wearing this are trusting in Mary for their salvation.

But this is not the Mary of the Bible for she never, ever said anything of the sort for she recognized that her Son, the Only Son of God was her savior.

Luke 1:46-47 (NASB) And Mary said, "My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior."

Notice also, they are promised if they die while wearing this, they will not go to Hell.

Salvation, let me ask you a direct question for which I would appreciate an answer.

Honestly, is this supported anywhere in the Word of God?

No.

It is in direct contrast to the Word.

Paul writes in Romans 5:8-9 (NASB)

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

It is through Christ and Christ alone that we have salvation.

NO ONE ELSE.

The Word of God is clear on this.

Whatever happened/appeared at Fatima is a false prophet.

Jesus warns that false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive by He also was stern when he said... “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.” ............Matt 24
What is amazing is he said....”See, I have told you ahead of time.”.....so that we would recognize these images and deceptive visions etc...

.....and these are intended to prepare people ahead of time to accept and be conditioned to accept ‘signs and wonders’ as the standard for the eventual coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works.... He will use all sorts of displays of power ‘through signs and wonders’ that serve the lie.....just as is seen in much of the world today.

So it could be said that if they believe these signs Fatima lingo now, how much easier will it be for them to believe the real deceiver when he comes as the anti-Christ....piece of cake.

Jesus said ..Blessed are those who believe without seeing.....so take him at his word and prefer to rest my faith ‘on the person of Jesus Christ’ and not some mumbo jumbo of which all religions use today to deceive “the many”.

You two said,
"It is what it is .. factual, including the miracle of the sun."
and
"The pictures of the dancing sun were in the local newspaper. It is factual."

Other corroborated evidences of Mary supposedly showing up to remind us of her marvelous works:

"Clearwater Virgin", where an image of Mary was reported to have appeared in the glass façade of a finance building. The building drew an estimated one million visitors over the next several years and was purchased by an Ohio Catholic revivalism group.
on a fence in Coogee, Australia in 2003;
at a hospital in Milton, Massachusetts in June 2003;
in a felled tree in Passaic, New Jersey in 2003;
on a rock in Ghana;
on an underpass in Chicago;
on a lump of firewood in Janesville, Wisconsin;
on a chocolate factory in Fountain Valley, California;
on a pizza pan in Houston, Texas;
and in numerous other apparitions such as, at Our Lady of Assiut in which many people reported a bright image atop a building.

Some of these "factual" evidences may have been motivated by pure greed since a grilled cheese sandwich, a pretzel and a pebble said to resemble images of the Virgin Mary have been offered for sale on internet auction sites.