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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? [View all]

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? [View all] 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