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Gotta believe this is directed towards Billy poaching current players on the roster. Obviously it was expected to lose staff, but it looks like he has crossed the line…
I've seen photos and they don't appear any less corrupt than mummies, embalmed bodies or Lenin and Stalin.
Not sure what to make of this teaching in the church.
I am generally agnostic in regards to Catholicism and I am always open to reading defenses or arguments on behalf of the Church. However one thing I really hate is the many Catholic people’s approach to incorruptible saints. On social media, I’ve been seeing posts about an Italian teen who died several years ago, but who appears incorrupt. Friends of mine are saying how it proves God performs miracles, yet people don’t realize that the church often puts wax masks on “incorrupt” saints. It just seems like blatant deception to me. I just wanted to rant a little even though this is petty.
I came across this page which claims that:
• there are over 1200 uncorrupt bodies of martyrs from the Afghan-Soviet war.
• 2 companions of Mohammed have uncorrupt bodies after being dug up.
source for claims: https://www.rightfulreligion.com/truestories.php
These are big claims and they are hard for me to ignore, but I do not want to blindly believe them either. I wanted to see if there is any way to explain this. Morally, i think Islam is terrible, but then I come across big claims like these and dont know what sense of it to make.
In many cases, bodies of holy people have been mummified and preserved without apparent outside intervention. While believers point to holiness, many others point to rare natural conditions where the body desiccates, often in an extremely dry or seal environment. While there's no rot, often these bodies darken and become gaunt--all the pretty ones on display have been covered with wax or a similar substance to make them more appealing (there's a great Buddhist monk who's mummified in the position he died in....but his followers put incongruous sunglasses on him because obviously his eyes weren't preseved). Similar processes (not the wax part or sunglasses part, the lack of decay part) seem to have occurred in others to not particular holy people: bog bodies, Andean mummies, Tarim mummies, Mummies of Guanajuato, Maronite mummies, Mummies of Venzone, etc.
Most famously there's the incorruptibility of Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Saints (and Beati) (the best set of pictures is here, if you're curious). The next most well established tradition is that of so-called Buddhist mummies, called in Japan Sokushinbutsu.
In general, these claims appear less common in other traditions for rather obvious reason: Judaism and Islam require very quick burial. Zoroastrianism see bodies as polluting to both the earth and fire and uses "sky-burial". Hinduism generally recommends cremation. Buddhism and Christian are more flexible with what happens to a body after directly death, which may allow for more time to detect this sacred incorruptibility. Once one saint/bodhisattva is established as incorruptible, the trope of course spreads.
There are some claims of incorruptibility in other traditions as well: apparently, not all Hindu saints are cremated, and, for instance, Yogananda, who was buried 20 days after he died, apparently had an incorruptible corpse (the mortuar
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My friend was telling me about how, in the Eastern Orthdox church, one of the possible marks of sainthood is being incorruptible after death. This means that their body does not decay like a normal body. Is there any more explanation behind this?
My philosophy about creating governments is that no system is immune to corruption, and it's foolish to try and create a pure system. I've been trying to create a government for a world building project I've been working on. It's the government of the POV character's home, and I would like to know how you'd game the system, as a hypothetical corrupt politician or organization. I feel there's story and characterization opportunities in how he reacts to and feels about the possible rot in his "perfect" home. Here's my system I'm creating so far:
There are three core pieces of Government's Legislative and Executive branches: The People's King, The Council of 10, and The Island Committee.
The people of the nation who own land, a business, or a ship vote for the Island Committee. Each of the ten states vote for ten committee members, for a total of 100 members. Each state can only vote for committee members in their state. Committee members serve five-year terms, with votes happening on the fourth year into a term. They serve as the advisory board in the matters of trade, war, law creation, and law implementation.
The Committee agree with a majority to nominate ten people not in the committee itself to serve as the Council of 10. Each member of the Council runs one of the nine government departments, with the tenth being the chief executive, or the High Councilman. Council members run their respective departments, appoint officials, and ultimately have the final say when laws are proposed. The Council members serve ten-year terms and cannot be nominated again once their term is over. If the Council proves to be destructive or incompetent, the Committee can hold a vote of no confidence. The Committee needs a super majority to throw out the sitting Council, and cannot hold a vote until they have prepared a new Council to take the place of the one they intend to replace.
The same people able to vote for the Committee also vote for the People's King. Every voting citizen votes for one candidate to be the Head of State, who acts as the outward facing force of the nation. The People's King handles very little in terms of internal politics and is more focused on the interactions of the nations around them. They visit other countries, greet ambassadors, and has the ultimate power to declare war. The People's King is voted for at the same time as the Island Committee and is limited to three terms total.
So, there you have it. That's how my Executi
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So he would and should have died from the Godblight, he was turning black etc. Then Emps is just like "lol no" and takes over so...unlimited revives?
I recently got into a religious debate with a friend of mine. She brought up the topic of the preserved bodies of saints. She claimed that it was miraculous that the bodies of so many saints have been found to be incorruptible. I was just wondering if any of you have insights on this topic. I haven't been able to find a whole lot of credible information online. Is there any truth to the Catholic Church's claims of 'Incorruptibility'? Are there other bodies that have been found incorruptible not of the Church (links would be appreciated)?
