Pope John Paul II to be sainted

[caseagainstfaith]

Well, he's got him two gen-u-ine miracles, so he must be a mutha fuckin saint!  =D>

//http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/05/world/europe/vatican-pope-sainthood/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[Solitary]

:)  Thanks for the info! Solitary

[DunkleSeele]

Finally pedophiles will also have their patron saint .

[leo]

Pope John Paul a saint because some magic tricks ? Very funny .

[St Giordano Bruno]

Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre, a nun whose order prayed to the pope after he died, said she was cured of the disease, an ailment that also afflicted John Paul.

The second miracle reportedly occurred in Costa Rica, where a woman said she recovered from a severe brain injury thanks to the intervention of John Paul, sources told CNN Vatican analyst John Allen.

Well what can I say, another dead catholic canonized for two more instances of medical quakery

[Johan]

Patrick Kelly, executive director of the Blessed John Paul II Shrine in Washington, explained the church's process for investigating reported miracles.
"A team of doctors first examine the miracle. Secondly, the team of theologians look at the miracles, and then they discuss amongst themselves the legitimacy and all the facts surrounding the miracles," he said.

Theologians discussing the legitimacy of facts. Hilarious. What's next? Nigerians discussing the legitimacy of the email they send to everyone?

[DunkleSeele]

Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre, a nun whose order prayed to the pope after he died, said she was cured of the disease, an ailment that also afflicted John Paul.

The second miracle reportedly occurred in Costa Rica, where a woman said she recovered from a severe brain injury thanks to the intervention of John Paul, sources told CNN Vatican analyst John Allen.

Well what can I say, another dead catholic canonized for two more instances of medical quakery

You can't be cured of Parkinson. I know it far too well.

[Hydra009]

Well, he's got him two gen-u-ine miracles, so he must be a mutha fuckin saint!  =D>

I love the two miracle rule.

First miracle:  Eh, might be bullshit.
Second miracle:  Well that settles it!

 

[Minimalist]

One of JPs "miracles" was that lots of altar boys suddenly had huge assholes under his reign.

[The Skeletal Atheist]

In my eyes he should be the saint of birth control.

[stromboli]

Well, we got saints for drunken sailors and prostitutes. Now we got one for pedophiles. Oh happy day.

[St Giordano Bruno]

Come to think of wound't that be a form of idolatry; that practice of praying to dead people as a substitute for their God to enact a miracle? Little wonder most Christian religions have given up that shit in the Middle Ages. We atheists just gave up on one more piece of shit, God

[EntirelyOfThisWorld]

I heard a wonk on NPR mentions that the waiving of one miracle for John XXIII might be politically motivated.

Really?  Ya think?  These guys will go out of their way to discredit Tent Revival faith healing, but when one of their own political elites does it, it's a miracle. :roll:

[gussy]

I really don't get it.  How can some popes perform miracles after they die and others can't?  If he can cure one woman's Parkinson's then why can't he do it for everyone?  Does it have to be a fatal illness that is cured to be considered a miracle or would curing something like a foot fungus count?

[leo]

I really don't get it.  How can some popes perform miracles after they die and others can't?  If he can cure one woman's Parkinson's then why can't he do it for everyone?  Does it have to be a fatal illness that is cured to be considered a miracle or would curing something like a foot fungus count?

It's all bullshit . The catholic church priests are experts in bullshit.