Isn't the saint business getting a little awkward?

[SarahD]

Some of the miracles attributed to candidates seem a little sketchy. And we eventually wised up to the fact that Mother Theresa was fundamentally a rather nasty person. I guess they need to keep on producing saints because it's just part of the deal.
https://m.jpost.com/christianworld/article-804505

[captain queeg]

1. Father Sarduci always said "you needa three miracles!"

[rurallib]

2. I finally began to understand that the saint business depends mostly on good publicity

Theresa had lots of publicity.

I often wonder if Jesus would have been promoted to gawd status had it not been for Paul

[Voltaire2]

3. Only for the last 400 years.

Miracles got much rarer and less awe inspiring after science got in the way.

[edhopper]

4. Science makes the world and religion smaller

I think they now accept card tricks.

[state of stupid]

5. Personally I think they should go to the alter of the newest Saint to pray. Saint Fu

[soldierant]

6. In Scene 2 of George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"

there is an exchange between the Archbishop and LeTremouille (a high ranking soldier) about what a miracle is which is IMO well worth reading (or re-reading), regardless which side you personally are on.

(snip)

LA TRÉMOUILLE. Even when they are frauds, do you mean?

THE ARCHBISHOP. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

LA TRÉMOUILLE [scratching his neck in his perplexity] Well, I suppose as you are an archbishop you must be right. It seems a bit fishy to me. But I am no churchman, and dont understand these matters.

(snip)

And the Archbishop's argument actually gets even stronger from there.