Atheists & Agnostics

3Hotdogs

(15,209 posts) Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:59 AM 4 hrs ago

So today's Newark Star-Ledger has a photo of bones, lying in a case, on exhibit. They are (supposed) to be the bones of

St. Francis of Assisi who died 800 years ago. They were missing for a couple'a hundred years and were miraculously found. We know they are the bones of the saint because they were verified as true by Pope Pus V11. We are supposed to be inspired by the spirit of the bones.

Looks kinda ghoulish to me.

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So today's Newark Star-Ledger has a photo of bones, lying in a case, on exhibit. They are (supposed) to be the bones of (Original Post) 3Hotdogs 4 hrs ago OP

Where is the exhibit? Srkdqltr 4 hrs ago #1

St. Francis Basilica, Assisi, Italy. 3Hotdogs 3 hrs ago #2

Pope Pus? MoseShrute 3 hrs ago #3

One of the fun things to know about Joseph Stalin, if anything about him can be called "fun..." NNadir 1 hr ago #4

Srkdqltr

(9,625 posts)

1. Where is the exhibit?

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:04 AM

4 hrs ago

3Hotdogs

(15,209 posts)

2. St. Francis Basilica, Assisi, Italy.

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:10 AM

3 hrs ago

The photo has a couple of hundred people in line to view the remains. It's only on view for a month or two so you better hurry...

MoseShrute

(115 posts)

3. Pope Pus?

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:36 AM

3 hrs ago

🤣I know it’s a typo but that’s funny as hell.

NNadir

(37,698 posts)

4. One of the fun things to know about Joseph Stalin, if anything about him can be called "fun..."

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:24 AM

1 hr ago

...is that he once studied to be a Orthodox monk.

His understanding of religious immanence is why Lenin is displayed in a glass box.

Before I was banned there for telling the truth, I wrote about this topic at Daily Kos:

The Most Interesting Chemistry of Lenin's Dead Body.

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