Make Mr. Rogers a saint.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2003-02-28 02:01am

http://www.petitiononline.com/MROGERS1/petition.html

Even though we all know that the religion is nothing, if anyone in the world deserves to be acknowledged as a saint, Mr. Rogers is the one.

Please sign, even though this isn't the way it's supposed to work.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-28 02:07am

As much as I like Fred Rogers, anyone signing that is a moron.

Besides, online petitions don't work.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-28 02:33am

I admire Mr. Rogers as much as the next person, but if we gave out Sainthood to everybody who had done good as he did, we'd have a lot of saints.

I doubt if this would work.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-28 02:35am

Of course it won't fucking work.

You can't canonise someone with an online petition.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-28 02:54am

To become a Saint you need to have performed two miracles which have stood up to investigation IIRC. The whole process can take decades. In any case, Rogers hasn't been linked to any miracles of the kind the Church is intrested in.

This petition is just a waste of time

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-02-28 02:57am

Aside miracles and such, I don't think Mr. Rogers has done anything saint-worthy. What has he done to make himself so great? He taught kids to be good neighbors. That's nice and all, but it's hardly something worth sainthood.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-28 05:47am

FFS, Spanky et al, this is harmless. Relax.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-02-28 05:51am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:As much as I like Fred Rogers, anyone signing that is a moron.

Besides, online petitions don't work.

Agreed

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-02-28 09:11am

He's not Catholic. This could prove a troubling obstacle.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-02-28 01:03pm

True. I very much doubt the Catholic Church would canonize a Presbyterian minister. Might cause a few crises of faith.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-02-28 03:08pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:To become a Saint you need to have performed two miracles which have stood up to investigation IIRC. The whole process can take decades.

In some cases it takes centuries....

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-02-28 03:13pm

Seggybop wrote:http://www.petitiononline.com/MROGERS1/petition.html

Even though we all know that the religion is nothing, if anyone in the world deserves to be acknowledged as a saint, Mr. Rogers is the one.

Please sign, even though this isn't the way it's supposed to work.

Why the Hell would we want to do that? So he can be in the company of sexist assholes like Paul?

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2003-02-28 03:26pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:To become a Saint you need to have performed two miracles which have stood up to investigation IIRC.

Also a lunatic.

Look at Jeanne D'Arc. First proclaimed a heretic by the church, then 800 years later proclaimed a saint.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-02-28 03:29pm

Then again, they canonized Thomas Aquinas, and all he did was write crap to stroke the church's ego.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-02-28 04:51pm

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:Then again, they canonized Thomas Aquinas, and all he did was write crap to stroke the church's ego.

Specifically, anti-semitic crap that led to the Holocaust. EDIT: Oops! That was Martin Luther. Thomas Aquinas just began the perpetuation of pseudo-logical thinking.

I'd love to see what would happen if the Church didn't investigate miracles internally and instead hired a team of scientists to objectively evaluate the claims of the potential saint. The ranks of saints would thin pretty damn quickly ...

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-02-28 05:01pm

I don't think Fred Rogers would be accepted by the Catholic Church considering how he has in fact never molested any children.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-02-28 05:38pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:I don't think Fred Rogers would be accepted by the Catholic Church considering how he has in fact never molested any children.

And he has the temerity not to be Catholic. If memory serves, he's a Lutheran minister(?).

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-28 05:41pm

Durandal wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:I don't think Fred Rogers would be accepted by the Catholic Church considering how he has in fact never molested any children.
And he has the temerity not to be Catholic. If memory serves, he's a Lutheran minister(?).

The Dark says he's Presbyterian.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-02-28 05:59pm

It's a sweet thought, but I think there are better, more practical ways to honour how wonderful a man he was.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-28 06:59pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:I don't think Fred Rogers would be accepted by the Catholic Church considering how he has in fact never molested any children.

Yes, thank you for making a demonising generalisation of Catholics.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-02-28 08:10pm

Sainthood doesn't work that way. I don't think that Mr. Rogers performed any miracles while he was on Earth, however much we may have cared for him.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-02-28 08:16pm

What do saints do, anyhow? I keep hearing about them, and my fair city is named after the patron saint of television, but I have no idea what they're supposed to do. Do people pray to them or something? Are they good luck charms? Are there any evil saints?

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-28 09:06pm

Saints are prayed to, yeah. It's like the Greek pantheon of gods. The only religion that really recognizes sainthood is Catholicism.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-02-28 09:34pm

Robert Treder wrote:What do saints do, anyhow? I keep hearing about them, and my fair city is named after the patron saint of television, but I have no idea what they're supposed to do. Do people pray to them or something? Are they good luck charms? Are there any evil saints?

They act like divine representation. You pray to the saint so he or she will go talk to God for you and try to get you what you want. Don't even bother asking if it makes sense. It doesn't.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-28 09:41pm

I never understood the concept of saints. I mean, why wouldn't God listen to you anyway? He's God, for God's sake- it's not like he has more important things to do.

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