Washington National Cathedral replaces stained glass windows to honor BLM protestors

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[–]ClassroomPast6178 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

In 400 years will Saint Floyd join the pantheon of Catholic dieties?

No because believe it or not the Church doesn’t generally admit non-Catholics, people of low virtue and people who threaten unborn babies are held in particular contempt.

The rules for gaining Sainthood are quite interesting and there’s zero chance the Church would canonise Floyd. Even with the most liberal Pope, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints is super conservative and set up to reject almost everyone.

Oh and Catholics have only one deity, Saints are not gods nor are they worshipped.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I won't tell Catholics how to interpret their own religion. All I'll say is if ET comes down and sees the statues of the saints and the people making prayers in their name they'd be justified in assuming that they are part of a Catholic pantheon.

It isn't much different than the Buddhist bodishatvas as far as I can tell. Individuals who have achieved "enlightenment" but have forgon moving into nirvana or whatever the Buddhists believe they do and stick around to help mortals achieve enlightenment themselves. Of course anyone who doesn't know anything about Buddhism won't be able to tell the difference between them and a diety, in fact many local dieties were syncrated into Buddhism as bodishatvas as well.

[–]OuroborosTheory 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

or the more tangled story of how "bodhisattva" accidentally became a saint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaam_and_Josaphat