[furball4paws]

On a lighter note, the push is on to make JPII a saint:

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-01-30T144326Z_01_L30552020_RTRUKOC_0_US-POPE-MIRACLE.xml&rpc=22

Maybe we should start a movement for "Saint Chuckie of Darwin". Keep the waters muddy :)

[Virginia-American]

"Saint Chuckie of Darwin"

Well, he's already buried in a holy shrine...

[Virginia-American]

Seriously, he's more of a prophet than a saint. A prophet with a **very** impressive record of fulfillment.

I can't find an online copy, but Abraham Pais described the Royal Society meeting where the deflection of starlight by the Sun was announced by Eddington as "Einstein's canonization". He described, in some detail, the roles (his defender, the "devil's advocate", et al), and the "miracle" required of a saint: Einstein had predicted something no one had ever before seen in the sky, and it was there!.