Atheists & Agnostics

3Hotdogs

(15,218 posts) Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:59 AM 9 hrs ago

So today's Newark Star-Ledger has a photo of bones, lying in a case, on exhibit. They are (supposed) to be the bones of

St. Francis of Assisi who died 800 years ago. They were missing for a couple'a hundred years and were miraculously found. We know they are the bones of the saint because they were verified as true by Pope Pius V11. We are supposed to be inspired by the spirit of the bones.

Looks kinda ghoulish to me.

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So today's Newark Star-Ledger has a photo of bones, lying in a case, on exhibit. They are (supposed) to be the bones of (Original Post) 3Hotdogs 9 hrs ago OP

Where is the exhibit? Srkdqltr 9 hrs ago #1

St. Francis Basilica, Assisi, Italy. 3Hotdogs 9 hrs ago #2

Pope Pus? MoseShrute 9 hrs ago #3

I corrected the typo But that it happened, shows that God has a sense of humor. Since nothing happens without 3Hotdogs 5 hrs ago #5

One of the fun things to know about Joseph Stalin, if anything about him can be called "fun..." NNadir 7 hrs ago #4

I can top that! 10 Turtle Day 3 hrs ago #6

Now I heard tell of da Sacred Heart of Jesus. I don't know if it's on display anywhere. But if I find it, can I put it 3Hotdogs 1 hr ago #7

Srkdqltr

(9,625 posts)

1. Where is the exhibit?

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:04 AM

9 hrs ago

3Hotdogs

(15,218 posts)

2. St. Francis Basilica, Assisi, Italy.

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:10 AM

9 hrs ago

The photo has a couple of hundred people in line to view the remains. It's only on view for a month or two so you better hurry...

MoseShrute

(115 posts)

3. Pope Pus?

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:36 AM

9 hrs ago

🤣I know it’s a typo but that’s funny as hell.

3Hotdogs

(15,218 posts)

5. I corrected the typo But that it happened, shows that God has a sense of humor. Since nothing happens without

Reply to MoseShrute (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:27 PM

5 hrs ago

His willing it, the typo must have been him running my fingers and laughing His Holy Ass off while doing it.

NNadir

(37,701 posts)

4. One of the fun things to know about Joseph Stalin, if anything about him can be called "fun..."

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:24 AM

7 hrs ago

...is that he once studied to be a Orthodox monk.

His understanding of religious immanence is why Lenin is displayed in a glass box.

Before I was banned there for telling the truth, I wrote about this topic at Daily Kos:

The Most Interesting Chemistry of Lenin's Dead Body.

10 Turtle Day

(1,151 posts)

6. I can top that!

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 02:24 PM

3 hrs ago

The pericardium, or heart lining, of a young man that recently died and that the pope declared a saint, was recently on display here in Columbus Ohio! Not the heart itself, but it’s pericardium. I find it both amusing and gruesome that obscure individual body parts are packaged as holy relics and tour around the world for believers to worship.

(Sorry if this is behind a paywall, I can’t tell because I have a subscription so it opens for me.)

https://www.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2026/02/17/relic-of-st-carlo-acutis-heart-visits-catholic-diocese-of-columbus/88629762007/

3Hotdogs

(15,218 posts)

7. Now I heard tell of da Sacred Heart of Jesus. I don't know if it's on display anywhere. But if I find it, can I put it

Reply to 10 Turtle Day (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:58 PM

1 hr ago

on display and charge to see it?

Probably a better return than winning one of the lesser lottery prizes.

The patron saint of wisdom, W.C. Fields, "Never Give A Sucker An Even Break."

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