XIIIesq@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoPope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saintwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down110
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkPope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saintwww.bbc.co.ukXIIIesq@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareceiphas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months ago‘relics linked to him’ sounds strange for a boy that died 18 years ago
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoThe whole thing is rather strange. I assume that there are many Catholics self aware enough to know that he clearly didn’t perform any miracles but just go along with it anyway.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoWait, do we think the other saints clearly performed miracles?
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoWe’re talking about a religion where the son of God walked on water and fed five thousand people with five fish and two loaves of bread. I think it’s easier to buy in to the fantasy when there are several hundreds of years between you and the so-called miracle though. You have to remember that religious people don’t use the scientific method and that they see faith as a very virtuous characteristic.
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoWell they believe a dude was murdered, then walked out of the grave so is anything else really too far?
‘relics linked to him’ sounds strange for a boy that died 18 years ago
The whole thing is rather strange. I assume that there are many Catholics self aware enough to know that he clearly didn’t perform any miracles but just go along with it anyway.
Wait, do we think the other saints clearly performed miracles?
We’re talking about a religion where the son of God walked on water and fed five thousand people with five fish and two loaves of bread.
I think it’s easier to buy in to the fantasy when there are several hundreds of years between you and the so-called miracle though.
You have to remember that religious people don’t use the scientific method and that they see faith as a very virtuous characteristic.
Well they believe a dude was murdered, then walked out of the grave so is anything else really too far?