Comments on: Saint Death labelled ‘Satanic’ by the Catholic Church

By: barry_duke

barry_duke — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:23:27 +0000

"Death is sorrow and sorrow is pain and pain is suffering"
No it isn't. Death is simply the end of life. It comes to us all, and when it does we are finished, kaput, no more. Jesus, like Satan, God, Heaven, Hell and the Afterlife are pure figments of you imagination. Get real, Kate and stop wasting your time (and mine) with these infantile fantasies.

By: kay

kay — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:25:13 +0000

Jesus Christ rescues me from the clutches of eternal death. death is sorrow and sorrow is pain and pain is suffering. There is nothing "sexy"about death ; If not, why do we all try to stay alive

By: barry_duke

barry_duke — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:03:38 +0000

Er, is this the Jesus Christ that makes you all moist?
http://www.popularmechanics.co.....esearch/...
If so, you need to lift your standards a tad. Personally, I think Saint Death is far sexier!

By: kay

kay — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:54:46 +0000

sounds very satanic to me. the name 'santa' just looks like 'satan" all mixed up. i personally believe that death can NEVER be a saint. be careful what you pray to because there is, and will only ever be one way..JESUS CHRIST!

By: Valdemar

Valdemar — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:54:40 +0000

Send for Fox Mulder! Surely there’s an X-File on this? The idea of death as a saint is just too good. She does, after all, bring genuine respite to the poor. I suggest that Santa Muerte join forces with the Flying Spaghetti Monster, so people can dress as pirates, eat pasta and get drunk while feeling pious. You know it makes sense.
And Vickilynne – these beliefs only sound ‘creepy’ to you because they’re unfamiliar. Don’t let mere historical perspective trick you into thinking one belief is somehow more ‘natural’ than another. They are (or were) all natural to someone. Think yourself lucky you can pick and mix, or simply reject the lot.

By: VickiLynne

VickiLynne — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:20:16 +0000

geesh, these beliefs sound so creepy.

By: The Heresiarch

The Heresiarch — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:31:24 +0000

This is how Catholicism has always developed. There’s a brilliant story in one of William Dalrymple’s books about the Mauritian cult of “Santo Esposito”. If I recall, a relic was sent to a church on the island in a box marked “esposito” – express delivery. But they forgot to label it properly. Lacking any information, locals invented the figure of Saint Esposito – a Roman centurian who converted to Christianity and was martyred, I think – and he quickly became the island’s unofficial patron saint.

By: Stuart H.

Stuart H. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:56:42 +0000

‘Mary, Queen of Heaven’ – is that a church or the name of a drag act?
Seriously though, Sanchez’s last sentence gives it away (institutions abandoning the poor). That’s what you get when a braindead president takes advice from religious wingnuts and closes or hands over social and public services to evangelical ‘charities’.
Same thing happening this side of the big pond and we have to fight it.
The priest (have to admit) has another point – in that the way some evangelical ‘charities’ work also involves abandoning your native belief and signing up to their cult in order to ‘qualify’ for the service. Catholic aid agencies have reported this happens increasingly in South America and the same cult tried it in Pakistan two years back according to other agencies.