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23 Post author: Aiyen 08 October 2014 09:02PM

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Comment author: V_V 09 October 2014 09:58:35AM 8 points [-]

I'm under the impression that the canonization process used to be more selective, until Pope John Paul II lowered the evidence bar and started mass producing saints.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 09 October 2014 08:03:51PM 5 points [-]

Saint inflation.

The easy out for a weakening religious authority, but soon people will have to be taking wheel barrows of saints to get their miracle of five fishes and two loaves.

Comment author: Toggle 09 October 2014 09:59:06PM 5 points [-]

But what happens if we measure saints per capita? After all, the 20th century's population explosion presumably had a radical effect on saint density.