Roman Catholic Church lowers its standards

[Lorizael]

Let's just remember that St. George's claim to fame was killing a dragon. Sainthood hasn't always been subject to the rigor you seem to expect.

And do you see any dragons around? Exactly.

[Felch]

I saw this show where this girl had a rock that kept tigers away.

[Lorizael]

Felch, I'd like to buy your rock.

[C0ckney]

If you think about sainthood as kind of like getting knighted by the queen of england only cooler, this makes perfect sense. Who cares?

exactly. it's just an honour given to reward services to the catholic church.

[Pax]

And do you see any dragons around? Exactly.

I wish I could give you triple thanks for this post!

[AAAAAAAAH!]

And do you see any dragons around? Exactly.

The dragons are on their way.

[Lorizael]

Yeah, and winter is coming.

[Sava]

along with lots of dong

[molly bloom]

exactly. it's just an honour given to reward services to the catholic church.

So Sister Bendy ain't ever getting any. He could turn a Cardinal Hard Shell Baptist.

[C0ckney]

So Sister Bendy ain't ever getting any.

i suspect that's true in every sense.

[C0ckney]

No, St. George's claim was being a Roman martyr. The dragon stuff came after. But in many ways, sainthood has always been kind of sloppy. A lot of early "martyrs" were almost certainly just made-up inspirational stories.

i do love a good saint's life though. my particular favourite has to be the saint who lived to the grand old age of 3 days, yet found time to preach a sermon on the trinity. there's also the story of the frankish king (although this episode is quite incidental to the actual saint's life), who wanted to put his wife away and to this end he, and his supporters, accused her of becoming pregnant through anal sex with her brother. even at this time, everyone (expect perhaps an early medieval ben) would have accepted the biological impossibility of this, however the king and his supporters had a trump card up their sleeves: they alleged witchcraft...

[Sava]

The mysticism of the RCC makes Greek mythology look plausible.

[molly bloom]

The mysticism of the RCC makes Greek mythology look plausible.

Mysticism- try the flying holy hut of Loreto. Laughably stupid.

This is the House of Nazareth, the home of the Holy Family, which had been brought by angels from Nazareth to the Dalmatian coast, and later, by the same angels, transported to Loreto where it stands today enclosed in the huge Basilica just described. The history of Loreto is based upon a wealth of sound tradition and reliably recorded historical facts. We know from the visits of reliable witnesses to the Holy Land, whose journeys were carefully recorded in documents, that the Holy House of Nazareth was intact in Palestine at a relatively late date. St. Louis, King of France, heard Mass in Nazareth in 1253 in the same chamber where the Angel announced the coming of Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

http://www.salvemariaregina.info/MarianShrines/Loretto.html

Bonkers.

[Sava]

I was trying to be... not a super ******* about it

[molly bloom]

I was trying to be... not a super ******* about it

Holy foreskins.