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[–] 23 points 1 year ago

Not the onion. Huh.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Man, as someone who is not religious at all, some of these rituals are sooo weird to me.

    Like making someone a saint not that long after their death. The concept of a saint itself is also weird to me. Its like an honorary degree from a university or an "employee of the month" badge.

    I cant put my finger on it, to be honest. Just seems so weird

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    They're just jealous of polytheists so they have to invent a bunch of other little mini-gods

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Man the "miracles" he "performed" to get beatified are so fucking thin its ridiculous even for the church. Some kids were supposedly cured of disease after their moms prayed to him. Like...thats it. No jesus image on toast, no statues weeping blood. Just some ladies say they prayed to this random kid and one touched his shirt and their kids happened to get better from some illnesses.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Saints was just a way to appeal to polytheists back when everyone hadnt moved on from multiple gods.

    That fertility goddess? She was a person, and now she's a saint and a road to jeebus. Some chief whose corpse you've been carrying around for 100 years? Perfectly cool, lots of Christian churches did the same thing.

    Especially for Catholics, praying to a saint is like calling God's secretary, that's why they all have their own fields like "gaming".

    Locals got a way to continue existing rites and festivals, the local leader got to tell the church they were converted, and no invasion "had" to happen.

    It was the franchizification of millennia old religions that are practically extinct today.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    It's also because some people find monotheism more satisfying, others find polytheism more satisfying, and still others like dualism. Catholicism lets you pick. The monotheists just pray to the big guy, the polytheists get to call in their more human specialist, and the dualists can blame the devil that they stubbed their toe or can't stop drinking.

    Ironically fertility deities are an area catholicism sucked at replicating. That said us pagans could use an equivalent to St Anthony, every grandparent's most called saint.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The meat of the story:

    Candidates for sainthood require two distinct miracles attributed to them: Acutis was first beatified in 2020 after a Brazilian boy with a pancreatic defect was cured, following his mother's prayers to Acutis to help her son. The second miracle involves the reported healing of a Costa Rican girl who suffered a serious head injury after falling off her bike in Florence: her mother prayed for the girl's recovery at Acutis' tomb in Assisi, and her daughter made a full recovery.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is so stupid on so many levels. Catholic church must be getting desperate for new sheep.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Trying to stay relevant much? Humanity as a whole needs to realize that religion is a mental crutch. The community aspect of it is good, but it isn't exclusive to religion.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The original Halo trilogy are some of the best Christian games you can play honestly.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    In the game, "Fight of Gods", you can literally play as Jesus to fight other mythological characters, including Santa.

    Special attack: Ascension and Cross punch.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Everithing that distract them from diddling children. Or is this a distraction because they dille so many children?

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    lol at trying to claim wordle as being "gamer"

    that's a puzzle. it's like a crossword or sudoku. we don't consider those "gaming" just because they're on a digital device.

    yes, there are puzzle games. no, this is not that

    am I out of touch here? is doing the crossword on paper being a gamer now?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Now do Luigi

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    If he is allowed be a saint, damn me then i need to write a bishop co canonise my grandma

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