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The Vatican is trying to make the sainthood process stricter and more stringent. Apparently, a once dependable process may have gotten a little soft as of late. According to the NY Times article there are about 2,200 saints in-waiting. That's 2,200 too many if you ask me, but that's just my blasphemous opinion. I don't know what exactly they're gonna do to. Maybe they'll require 3 fictitious miracles as opposed to 2.... who knows! They can do whatever they want and they'll still be left with a moronic, stone age thing in their hands anyway. Why can't they just do away with this stupid sainthood thing anyway? Isn't it a little arrogant for mere humans to decide who is going to be a saint? Who is going to have the power to answer prayers? Isn't that God's job?
I find some of these articles' funny. Newsday proclaims that "Vatican tightens standards for sainthood". the LA Times says "Vatican toughens rules on sainthood" As if it wasn't bad enough already. You only have to DIE to become a saint. How much more freaking tighter can a standard be? The new procedure will require more "rigor" and "sobriety" according to Newsday. What were they doing before? Giving out sainthood diplomas in a fit of drunken rage?
Will this stupidity ever end?
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You'd think that with someone as powerful as god, that a different method for choosing saints would present itself.
Here's my suggestion to the Vatican. For free (or "gratis" as they say in those parts).
Once per year, the pope gets a sheet of paper with all the nominations. He reads them off, one by one, accompanied by a coin toss.
God makes it come up heads if they're a saint. Tails if they're not.
The Vatican could also make some money by televising the event to bookmakers. "I got the trifecta! Mother Theresa, John Paul II and Adolf Hitler. Woohoo!"
The Vatican could even charge a small fee to get your name on the nominations list....
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