lorens05 t1_jabop80 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:14 AM

I mean, Christianity's symbol is literally a torture device, so it's not much of a logical leap to venerate other torture devices that their saints died in.

iTwango t1_jaboslf wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:15 AM

I guess you're right. But I would be equally weirded out to be in the presence of the supposed actual bloody cross of Jesus for example. I went to a church in Belgium that claimed they had a vial with a bloody rag soaked in the actual blood of Jesus. They'd take it out and do a ceremony. That weirded me out too.

whycuthair t1_jabtuca wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:23 AM

In some churches they keep relics of saints, that is old and decomposed body parts that once belonged to that "saint" and they pray to those things and kiss them. And they called others pagans man.. That's some vodoo shit right there.

lorens05 t1_jabpurt wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:29 AM

Stranger still is we are supposed to take the supposed Jesus relics at face value. I mean, how can we really know if the rag has the actual blood of Jesus?

SterlingArcherTrois t1_jadbsgy wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:53 PM

You’re talking about a religion here, blindly believing in insane stories with zero evidence whatsoever is literally a requirement for participation.

Will12239 t1_jadjk0m wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Religion was a great way to transition from tribalism to modernism. It melded society into a cohesive unit. A natural phenomena, we would be in the stone age without it. To dismiss it is ignorant.

Hambredd t1_jac9um3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:03 PM

I mean why? It's a bit of their god from the time he did the thing he's most famous for. It's not they are disrespecting his sacrifice or something

Melodic_Survey_4712 t1_jacscbk wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:44 PM

But you could kill a deer, say god lives in its heart, then eat the heart raw out of your hand. They aren’t being disrespectful of the sacrifice but it’s still weird and creepy

Hambredd t1_jae2qj3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:43 PM

They aren't doing that though?

100FootWallOfFog t1_jac9t8s wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:03 PM

How else are people supposed to know that the Catholics are the victims?

SteO153 t1_jabowi4 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:17 AM

Money. They even digged catacombs and created saints or multiplied body parts. They could attract a lot of pilgrims and make money out of it.

TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians.

SteO153 t1_jabbnkz wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:49 AM

iTwango t1_jabntld wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:03 AM