He believes that “latter-day saints” offer a much-needed example at a time when Christianity is under threat from secularism and rival religions. We can still have these examples of people who lead exemplary spiritual lives, but we should not "cheapen" sainthood in the process.
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12/20/2004 5:45:44 PM PST by
wagglebee
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To: wagglebee
I nominate GWB and Laura for sainthood. The vilification they have put up with defies all reason.
98 posted on
12/21/2004 4:30:39 AM PST by
tkathy
(The Bluenecks need to get over it.)
To: wagglebee
I don't like this idea, primarily because it will be seen in the secular world as a caving in to what secularists regard as a fact, that miracles associated with saints no longer occur, if they ever did. IOW, this will have the opposite effect of what the pope intends.
101 posted on
12/21/2004 4:48:47 AM PST by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: wagglebee
The Pope, 84, has created 482 saints in his 26 years as pontiff — more than all his predecessors put together — and has beatified 1,337 people. He believes that “latter-day saints” offer a much-needed example at a time when Christianity is under threat from secularism and rival religions. Cranking out saints to strengthen the religion is like cranking out greenbacks to strengthen the economy.
116 posted on
12/21/2004 6:14:16 AM PST by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: wagglebee
At present, candidates for beatification, which confers the title “Blessed” and is the penultimate step before sainthood, must be shown to have performed at least one miracle after death by curing the terminally ill in response to prayers of intercession. I thought that the miracles could be any kind of miracle -- it's just that medical miracles have always been the easiest to prove.
118 posted on
12/21/2004 6:26:31 AM PST by
BlessedBeGod
(George W. Bush -- The Terror of the Terrorists)
To: wagglebee
149 posted on
12/21/2004 7:55:19 AM PST by
Sloth
(Al Franken is a racist.)
To: wagglebee
It could also revive plans to beatify Robert Schuman, the French-born founder of the EU, shelved earlier this year because of lack of evidence that anyone had been cured after praying to him. I'm just a simple Presbyterian boy, but I thought the bible was pretty clear on not praying to anyone but God. How is this different that false idol worship? Not looking for a fight, just curious!
To: wagglebee
Hmmmm I didn't know that miracles on demand made one a "Saint". The Bible states a believer is a "Saint" with or without miracles.
171 posted on
12/21/2004 8:50:17 AM PST by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: wagglebee
We can still have these examples of people who lead exemplary spiritual lives, but we should not "cheapen" sainthood in the process.
It's a miracle!
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