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SarahD

(1,732 posts) Fri May 31, 2024, 04:56 PM May 2024

Isn't the saint business getting a little awkward?

Some of the miracles attributed to candidates seem a little sketchy. And we eventually wised up to the fact that Mother Theresa was fundamentally a rather nasty person. I guess they need to keep on producing saints because it's just part of the deal.
https://m.jpost.com/christianworld/article-804505

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Isn't the saint business getting a little awkward? (Original Post) SarahD May 2024 OP

Father Sarduci always said "you needa three miracles!" captain queeg May 2024 #1

I finally began to understand that the saint business depends mostly on good publicity rurallib May 2024 #2

Only for the last 400 years. Voltaire2 May 2024 #3

Science makes the world and religion smaller edhopper May 2024 #4

Personally I think they should go to the alter of the newest Saint to pray. Saint Fu state of stupid May 2024 #5

In Scene 2 of George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" soldierant May 2024 #6

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

1. Father Sarduci always said "you needa three miracles!"

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Fri May 31, 2024, 05:01 PM

May 2024

rurallib

(63,293 posts)

2. I finally began to understand that the saint business depends mostly on good publicity

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Fri May 31, 2024, 05:02 PM

May 2024

Theresa had lots of publicity.

I often wonder if Jesus would have been promoted to gawd status had it not been for Paul

Voltaire2

(14,878 posts)

3. Only for the last 400 years.

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Fri May 31, 2024, 05:18 PM

May 2024

Miracles got much rarer and less awe inspiring after science got in the way.

edhopper

(35,046 posts)

4. Science makes the world and religion smaller

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Fri May 31, 2024, 05:30 PM

May 2024

I think they now accept card tricks.

state of stupid

(29 posts)

5. Personally I think they should go to the alter of the newest Saint to pray. Saint Fu

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Fri May 31, 2024, 06:24 PM

May 2024

soldierant

(8,003 posts)

6. In Scene 2 of George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"

Reply to SarahD (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2024, 10:16 PM

May 2024

there is an exchange between the Archbishop and LeTremouille (a high ranking soldier) about what a miracle is which is IMO well worth reading (or re-reading), regardless which side you personally are on.

(snip)

LA TRÉMOUILLE. Even when they are frauds, do you mean?

THE ARCHBISHOP. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

LA TRÉMOUILLE [scratching his neck in his perplexity] Well, I suppose as you are an archbishop you must be right. It seems a bit fishy to me. But I am no churchman, and dont understand these matters.

(snip)

And the Archbishop's argument actually gets even stronger from there.

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