Pope John Paul II to be sainted

[Colanth]

I see 2 things here:

1) Frankie wants to make more saints than any other pope.

2) They're making "sainthood" so ludicrous that 5 year olds will be seeing through the bullshit any day now.

[DunkleSeele]

I see 2 things here:

1) Frankie wants to make more saints than any other pope.

Well, to be fair, the calls for pedopopsky's sainthood started right after his death and even before popenführer's elections. It was just a matter of time. Dandy Frankie is just putting the official seal on a de-facto situation.

2) They're making "sainthood" so ludicrous that 5 year olds will be seeing through the bullshit any day now.

Isn't sainthood ludicrous in itself? Not to mention it's also a form of idolatry, which clearly clashes with one of christinsanity's basic tenets.

[Hydra009]

Isn't sainthood ludicrous in itself? Not to mention it's also a form of idolatry, which clearly clashes with one of christinsanity's basic tenets.

It's okay.  It was cleared with the Virgin Mary herself.   :P

[Shiranu]

I would say the RCC by it's very nature clashes with the core tenrts of Christianity.

[Colanth]

I see 2 things here:

1) Frankie wants to make more saints than any other pope.

Well, to be fair, the calls for pedopopsky's sainthood started right after his death and even before popenführer's elections. It was just a matter of time. Dandy Frankie is just putting the official seal on a de-facto situation.

So if the people acclaim a pope a saint, the hierarchy is just putting the official seal on a de-facto situation - but if the people acclaim birth control or divorce to be okay ... oops, you can't do things just because most of the laity wants it.  I see a problem here.

I would say the RCC by it's very nature clashes with the core tenrts of Christianity.

I would say that Christianity itself does.

[Brian37]

"Sainthood"

Yea, that is like being a member of a si fi club and being promoted president.

"This credulous moron loves Harry Potter so much he fucked a broom and had a  baby"

[Brian37]

Ok, so if I devote my entire life to ABBA, that means they are gods?

[AllPurposeAtheist]

I'm praying to be cured of missing teeth and none of this bullshit VA false teeth bullshit I may or may never get, but brand fucking new 6 year old teeth to grow right the fuck where the old ones fell out.
Tell the pope soon as he dies I'll promise to brush and floss daily although frankly I shouldn't have to if GOD had done his fucking job the first time..

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Ok, so if I devote my entire life to ABBA, that means they are gods?

It means you'll be the patron saint of crappy music! :)

[Colanth]

"Sainthood"

Yea, that is like being a member of a si fi club and being promoted president.

More like being promoted to alien or "chief telepath".  "President" actually means something.  What's a saint?  A corpse in a fancier casket?

[SGOS]

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

How the miracle squad can seriously investigate and deliberate on nonsense is amazing on so many levels.  Imagine sitting at a conference table and arriving at a conclusion that some bullshit or other is authentic, and with theatrical seriousness, too.  Do they write down testimony collected at the scene of the miracle in little spiral notebooks?  Do they close an area off with tape that says, "Keep Out.  Miracle Investigation Area By Order of the Pope."  Do they get a bonus for certifying a miracle?  

Now, I have to admit that seeing a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat is pretty convincing to me, but the investigators would probably write that off as a hoax.  How to they separate pure bullshit from real bullshit?

We are not talking about 4 year olds claiming to have seen ghosts.  These are grown men being paid by the Vatican to respond to calls on the Miracle Hotline from people like Pedro's wife who runs a tourist trap in Tijuana and thinks she saw a face in her soup.

[Brian37]

Ok, so if I devote my entire life to ABBA, that means they are gods?

It means you'll be the patron saint of crappy music! :)

Laugh it up you you FUDDY DUDDY! Neeener Neeener Neener!

[Plu]

Ok, so if I devote my entire life to ABBA, that means they are gods?

It means you'll be the patron saint of crappy music! :)

At least he'll have plenty to do.

[WitchSabrina]

I love that mere humans decide who attains sainthood.


a duh

[SGOS]

I love that mere humans decide who attains sainthood.


a duh

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