Pope puts 'St Peter's bones' on public display at Vatican

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25082162

Pope puts 'St Peter's bones' on public display at Vatican

The Pope has put on public display nine tiny fragments of bone which may belong to St Peter, the first Pope.

The fragments were placed in a case on the altar during an open air mass in St Peter's Square.

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[JimC]

Morbid old sod...

[cronus]

Morbid old sod...

Probably found them down the back of the sofa....shush!

[jaydot]

they will not be subjected to carbon dating. rc already has form with turin shroud.

[JimC]

they will not be subjected to carbon dating. rc already has form with turin shroud.

Anyway, I have no issue in supposing they may actually be the bones of the historical Peter, or at least a Church dignitary from that era.

It's when they start claiming that they'll cure leprosy I'll call it superstitious bullshit...

[Svartalf]

Odds are Simon Peter never even set foot in Italy... plus even if he had, I doubt anybody would have dared remove his body from the cross, Nero was a lot less sympathetic than Pilatus.

[JimC]

Perhaps the church thinks these bones will petrify unbelievers...

[klr]

they will not be subjected to carbon dating. rc already has form with turin shroud.

Anyway, I have no issue in supposing they may actually be the bones of the historical Peter, or at least a Church dignitary from that era.

It's when they start claiming that they'll cure leprosy I'll call it superstitious bullshit...

Oddly enough, the RC hierarchy tends to keep its distance from that sort of woo.

Which is odd, given what gets spouted at most Sunday masses.

[Animavore]

they will not be subjected to carbon dating. rc already has form with turin shroud.

Anyway, I have no issue in supposing they may actually be the bones of the historical Peter, or at least a Church dignitary from that era.

It's when they start claiming that they'll cure leprosy I'll call it superstitious bullshit...

Oddly enough, the RC hierarchy tends to keep its distance from that sort of woo.

Which is odd, given what gets spouted at most Sunday masses.

They really love just skirting the very edge of plausibility, don't they?

[cronus]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/inte ... 3112581429

Vatican reveals St Peter was only eight inches tall

THE Vatican has unveiled the tiny coffin of St Peter for the first time.

The casket, just nine inches long, holds the very small body of Jesus’s right hand man and first Pontiff of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis prayed before the coffin yesterday in Rome and called on religions around the world to be nicer to people who are less than one foot high.

He said: “Jesus called St Peter his ‘rock’. Looking at this tiny coffin, that now seems odd. But who am I to decide who is and is not tall enough to be a Pope?”

Worshipper Emma Bradford said: “I am glad to discover that St Peter was just eight inches high. It makes the whole thing more believable.”

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[JimC]

Silly wee man...

[mistermack]

Most people in those days were less than six inches tall, so Peter was actually a bit of a giant for the time.
How do you think Jesus pulled off the miracle of feeding the 5,000 ?
A few loaves and fishes was plenty for them.

And Jesus was crucified on two lolly sticks, sellotaped together. It's true, it is.

[PsychoSerenity]

This is St Peter Rabbit?

[Audley Strange]

Fucking goths.

[klr]

Most people in those days were less than six inches tall, so Peter was actually a bit of a giant for the time.
How do you think Jesus pulled off the miracle of feeding the 5,000 ?
A few loaves and fishes was plenty for them.

And Jesus was crucified on two lolly sticks, sellotaped together. It's true, it is.

"There were giants in the earth in those days;" - Genesis 6:4

Who says the Bible is useless?