The catholic church have numerous saints and they consider them as holy people and that they are already in heaven. Those saints are human beings like us too, they sinned and they undergone life's trials. What made them sooo special? Are they worth of the holiness embedded on their personalities?
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I think lots of them are not worth of holiness; some of them were just crazy religious fanatics and probably if they would live today they would be locked up in mental institutions.
No humena being is in my opinion worthy of becoming a "saint" and being granted special priviledges in the afterlife if there is one.
In fairness to some saints, they live their lives with goodness and love to the world and to other people and they never expected to become a saint. Some just wanted to become a good person and glorify the god that they knew with nothing in return.
Many of the saints are actually the holy people of religions that the Catholic Church took over. They were indoctrinated to appease the locals, who then could still make dieties and worship their old Gods while the culture adopting a new religion (and it's politics). I am from one of these cultures - My grandparents were all devout practitioners of Santeria, convinced that they were Catholic yet still sacrificing animals to their indigenous gods, now "saints". Hence, Santeria.
Re: Sammy's explanation
Don't think I've heard that before. I like it. Makes perfect sense. I just learned something new today.
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"they consider them as holy people and that they are already in heaven"
if i die i will be equal like all gods, i don't exist..
god-like overload....
@Rose: "The catholic church have numerous saints "
You aren't kidding. So many, no one has actually counted them all but estimates are over 10,000.
How do people become saints? Well.... Like Mother Theresa, our most current Saint, they Killed People, Lied, made a whole lot of money for the church, and worked for free, (Service to the lord, AKA Free Labor).
Seriously?
Four 5 year old threads in a row you decide to necro?
"Four 5 year old threads in a row you decide to necro?"
hahah...hahaha...just thought of bringing them up for a change.
see the difference on how they reply and react on a threads?
fascinates me.
@Q
Ooooh... So YOU'RE the one bringing all these threads back from the dead? I was wondering about that. lol. Well, I suppose it IS sorta interesting seeing all the different folks who are no longer with us.
"back from the dead"
yes t-man my son, behold.....im god,(morgan freeman deep voice) i can resurrect threads from the dead. and let them simmer at the upper notch.
I don't really understand the Catholic obsession with the relics of saints, particularly a select few saints, especially seeing as the New Testament would consider every Christian a saint. It is basically a form of ancestor worship with a hierarchy.
I completely understand their obsession, Sapporo. These alleged relics provide them with the ability to gather substantial income.
I'd never thought of it like that, Sapporo. It's always amazed me how many relics there are. Those saints must have been multi-legged, multi-armed and gigantic.
Look at what saints do for tourism and trinket sales + recruiting New believers.
$aints are a huge and lucrative industry.
The church plans and manages who and where saints will be on economic grounds.
@TermDog
Re: "The church plans and manages who and where saints will be on economic grounds."
Yep. It puts bums on pews, too and keeps the faithful happy, out there in the Catholic diaspora. It's interesting that the Catholic canonisation process has become less rather than more rigorous over the last few decades, isn't it?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/as-two-more-popes-are-canoni...
Saints: Are they worth it?
Only if you can find them on clearance at a thrift store during a buy-one-get-one-free sale.
Pretty sure the Vatican's holding that sale right now, Tin Man.