• dom@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    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

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    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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      5 months ago

      I wonder if maybe doctors and modern medicine had anything to do with these recoveries…

  • GodofLies@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    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.

  • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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    5 months ago

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

  • CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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.

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    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?