XIIIesq@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoPope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saintwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down111
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkPope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saintwww.bbc.co.ukXIIIesq@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareCorkyskoglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoWait, do we think the other saints clearly performed miracles?
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 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-up2·6 months agoWell they believe a dude was murdered, then walked out of the grave so is anything else really too far?
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?