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John_D wrote:That's the problem with miracles these days. They've all been dumbed down. We need a return to more rigorous standards of testing miracles.
As part of the new process, JPII also got rid of the Devil's Advocate too. Now I know it's no "Citizen Kane" but I quite enjoyed it. Pacino was splendidly OTT.
Chris28 wrote:As part of the new process, JPII also got rid of the Devil's Advocate too. Now I know it's no "Citizen Kane" but I quite enjoyed it. Pacino was splendidly OTT.
Wasn't Keanu Reeves in it as well ?
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As miracle no.1 was apparently from the grave (or heaven), being performed a month after his death, he is seriously one talented dude.
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The whole concept is just so weird, though, isn't it? I mean, if you had a problem, then with a whole host of existing Saints to pray to, not to mention god, who are these people that take what must amount to a pure chance on some whippersnapper who might not be any good at all?
Then again, maybe it's like a call centre, but everyone has to take their own calls. On that basis, it might be very hard to get through to, say, St. Peter, who is bound to be very busy, so maybe the supplicant took a calculated gamble by picking an apprentice, who logically would be a lot quieter.
The whole concept is just so weird, though, isn't it? I mean, if you had a problem, then with a whole host of existing Saints to pray to, not to mention god, who are these people that take what must amount to a pure chance on some whippersnapper who might not be any good at all?
Then again, maybe it's like a call centre, but everyone has to take their own calls. On that basis, it might be very hard to get through to, say, St. Peter, who is bound to be very busy, so maybe the supplicant took a calculated gamble by picking an apprentice, who logically would be a lot quieter.
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Ferocious Aardvark wrote:I don't think you get this miracles lark. Doing them when dead is kinda the whole point.
So when the Big J healed the blind, walked on water, cleansed the odd leper he was actaully dead? This religion stuff is confusing. Where does Greavesie fit into all this?
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tigertot wrote:So when the Big J healed the blind, walked on water, cleansed the odd leper he was actaully dead? This religion stuff is confusing. Where does Greavesie fit into all this?
Look, the only ones that need to do it when they're dead are those looking to upgrade, silly.
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