Mageth

Penumbra, I was thinking along the same lines, but I was just going to say they picked themselves with booze.

Mageth

Atheists: How do you explain the incorrupted bodies of Roman Catholic saints and martyrs? (ex. St. Bernadette)

That should be some, or more likely a few saints or martyrs.

So how do you explain the corrupted bodies of the rest of the RC saints and martyrs?

braces_for_impact

Exactly my point: lets compare the decomposition rates of the various religious leaders around the world, whomever has the least amount of moldy corpses wins!

The catholics would lose I'm afraid. I mean, the pope is already decomposing eh?

Arvel Joffi

You've done it again. Your question was answered. Undercurrent probably doesn't waste his personal time trying to become an expert on the erroneous notion incorruptible saints, so he found an example someone else that explained it very clearly. You responded with a snide little quip, and then ran away when his response was supported by others.

Every single time I see your name, you pop up with an inane comment, then disappear from the thread when you are confronted with logic and correct answers. Every. Single. Time.

GunnerJ

Then why didn't you?

Undercurrent

I apologize profusely for not giving your question the level of attention it deserves.

m.

P.S. Here's another link. It seems like the "incorruptable" body of St. Bernadette is not so perfectly preserved after all.

Funny how a body that was perfectly preserved by God would need a wax mask to make it presentable to the public.

Amos

Incorruptables are opposite to spontaneous combustions at the foot of the cross.

According to Dostoevski at one time "a wake" was held to see if foul odor would emanate from the corpse. No foul odor meant that it was a saint as was expected.

rdalin

Aliens.

lpetrich

Hmmm. Very interesting. But I have a puzzler for Gemma Therese.

Consider the miracles of the Bible and the miracles worked by medieval saints. And consider the miracles worked by present-day would-be saints like Mother Teresa. Why have medieval saints worked much bigger miracles than present-day ones?

Did Mother Teresa ever ...

Cure blindness?
Drive out demons?
Raise the dead?
Induce blindness in someone who stole from her?
Zap Missionaries of Charity employees for keeping too much for themselves?
Zap an out-of-season fruit tree?
Point out a monster-infested tree?
Calm storms?
Desalinate seawater?
Recharge batteries?
Have a crab bring her a lost crucifix?
Have the Gift of Tongues, fluently speaking several languages without having to learn them?

Gemma Therese

And this has to do with ... what???

Gemma Therese