What It Takes To Be A Saint
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Goodbye Armenia, hello Albania!
Today's episode is about sainthood, and what it takes to be remembered.
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And not because god said let it be..
love the video thanks
We are the gods we can do good and make the world right
You used to live in Japan, you should be used to the damn cicadas by now!😉
I love everything about your end cards. I pause to read each one. Keep up the good work. Thanks!
As for dragons I am working in a genetics lab right now to solve that particular issue! So dragons may exist in the future assuming the government has no issues with giant aggressive cattle butchering flame breathing flying nightmares being a thing😂
Rare Earth did you guys block me from commenting?
there are no dragons because mah boy slayed them
Sounds legit.
yep, basically akin to this wonderful meme:
pics.me.me/jesus-promised-us-to-odin-promised-us-to-get-rid-14030889.png
Actually it was just a big scam. He made a deal with the dragon, they were doing a hussle. Like in Dragonheart.
Dude, you never make a deal with a dragon. While your at it, never trust and elf.
Did his pawn replace him after he killed god twice?
Not a dragonslayer? Do you see any dragons around?
Quite a few actually.
SNOOP DRAGON!!!!
Just like St. Jiub... Except the flying beasts he slew were very, very real.
"There will almost certainly never be dragons" See, that's the problem, it's people like you who are holding back progress
I'd give it a few more years and we'll be able to genetically create our own dragon-like beings.
Decades* , but certainly.
To be honest, there are Dragons on Earth(Lizards). Just not the type of Dragons one could hope for.
Dragon mommy 's hope for that type of dragon!
If they can get DNA from a Wooly Mammoth, they can make a dragon from hybridizing lizard and bird DNA, that's what I say. Come on, science! This is where vital resources need to be spent!
Even if we grant the assertion that dragons once existed, we're going to have to admit that St Donatus (and St George as well) was canonized for killing an endangered animal.
shade_grey woah
Does that go for Siegfried too? Lol
@@jdlech Made from magic gopherwood.
Saw the title and the thumbnail and thought "oh great, yet another Christopher Hitchens style exposé on the failed policies of a relatively hypocritical idolizer of poverty and suffering" Got to 1:42. Well, alright then.
Exactly! My thought exactly. I almost went 'sigh' "ok let's do this"
It's not about belief/non belief.
I watch too many of the anti-theist videos sometimes. I find I get angry and cynical, just as diving too deep into any one side of any issue tends to do.
This was a breath of fresh air.
Jenn 💖 in Canada 🍁
@IKtheVS
Well now IKtheVS (WTF, fofl)
You see, this is how this works~you write something insulting my brain (again WTF) for reasons only you can fathom.
BUT~ and I'll say this LOUDLY
IN ORDER FOR YOUR OPINION TO MATTER, FIRST IT MUST MEAN SOMETHING TO ME. IT DOESN'T
Jenn 💖 in Canada 🍁
He doesn't allude to anti-theist narrative, he only alludes to fact-based narrative. If facts imply anti-theism to you, well, that's your problem. Being on the side of facts and logic is important to intelligent living.
@IKtheVS: That is not an apt analogy at all. He didn't go into the history of the terrible things caused by Religion nor even the tragedies surrounding Theresa, he didn't even give any real opinions on religion. He simply presented historical information about sainthoods. "Magic" is a proper descriptor of what people are believing in, because it is that which acts outside the observable laws of nature.
Thousands of religions have existed across human history around the world. They die out and bits become appropriated by new religions that form. The "last remnants" of religion dying out is not an issue, and if referring to the beliefs for what they are hurts people's belief in those things, then those beliefs are quite flimsy.
Religion is a crutch humanity has come up with all across the world throughout the ages as a means of thinking up an answer to that which we couldn't understand. Now we have advanced as a society enough to understand our reality better and no longer need these archaic shackles that these days only server to divide us and give bad people excuses to do bad things.
+IKtheVS Dunno. I didn't interpret it that way. I'm assuming Evan is an atheist but that didn't seem central to the video. I understood it to be more about the politics of it all and how Church leaders used sainthood for political purposes (including in clear-cut cases where it was known that the miracles required for sainthood couldn't have occurred). That doesn't seem particularly anti-theist to me. Just like criticizing the Church for the covering up of acts of pedophilia doesn't strike me as being anti-theist. I mean, they did do those things, and even believers and members of the church should be able to criticize them for it. Or I suppose you could argue that the very choice of the topic is anti-theist, in which case that means that basically you can't make a video about anything specific in religion, you always have to make some general video that lists the good and the bad together.
On a side note, Hitchens's work on Mother Theresa was sub-par, even for him, and that's saying a lot.
At 3:25 there's a slayed dragon! Checkmate atheists
And they have just found another dragon head in Sweden. But something is wrong, they were not christians in those days.
Fuck - you won theists
I refuse to believe your checkmate therefore your proof/facts are irrelevant 😎
@@JeanLucCaptain I counterspell your disbelief, and I rolled a 15, plus modifiers.
@@bbd121 I MAXIMIZE COUNTER SPELL YOUR BELIEF, USING A BOLT ROUND CONCECRATED BY THE EMPEROR, THE GOD OF UNBELIEF.
One of the underrated channels on RUclips
> 609k subs
Too erudite for commoners
Mere peasants could never appreciate the full artistic depth of Pewdipie prank videos.
"There are no dragons, there were no dragons, and there will almost certainly never be dragons."
That's exactly why that dragon-slaying was so miraculous!
"Scientology may recruit their celebrities, but Christianity grows its own." - what a nice, quotable sentence (5:45).
That's not entirely true. In 10th grade Catholic Sunday School we were taught a list of scientists and actors who became Catholic. This was to reinforce that secular world was wrong, Catholic magic is real.
@@jannguerrero Ah yes. All those churches, cathedrals, and fancy pope hats and pope Range Rovers are gifts from God.
Bruh, after hundreds of years of demanding tithes and selling "indulgences", and with an entire opulent palace city powered by donations...
Become a saint by making cool documentaries
Is it just me or did you up the rate of memery in your narrative?
Memory*
I'm pretty sure he intended it as memery, as in meme-ry.
@@a.evelyn5498 r/woosh?
I casually end sentences with "This is Rare Earth" now
Thanks Evan
St. Donatus wasn't officially canonized, because the first Saint ever to become canonized by the Pope would be St. Ulrich of Augsburg some 600 years later in 993 A.D.
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Let me guess, the miracle St. Ulrich preformed was time traveling?
Caleb Staten, sorry A.D. of course. Corrected.
That wouldn't even surprise me tbh, haha. The standards for saints wasn't very high for a long time
uegvdczuVF hey rowan here. Best comment 10/10
If you guys are ever in need of a topic for a video, look into the development of Louisiana/New Orleans Voodoo. It's incredibly interesting and obscure -- right up Rare Earth's alley. Even most native New Orleanians aren't familiar with it due to its wildly inaccurate portrayal in early Hollywood movies and successive commercialization.
While slaves elsewhere were mostly forced to abandon their traditional beliefs and convert to Christianity, for several reasons, this generally wasn't the case in colonial New Orleans, where the colored population, free and enslaved, outnumbered that of Europeans throughout the heyday of the American slave trade. As such, a lot of the traditional African and Caribbean religious influences survived enslavement, but of course, separated from their homeland, they began to diverge from their roots.
Well, long story short, Voodoo practitioners in New Orleans eventually began *intentionally* adopting bits and pieces of Catholic doctrine and symbology (syncretism). Most commonly, they'd associate a particular Voodoo deity with the identity of a Catholic saint, and they were even known to attend mass. What I think is really fascinating is that the New Orleans archdiocese at the time welcomed this with open arms, and over time, Voodoo began influencing the religious beliefs of European Catholics (and New Orleans culture overall as well)! To this day, there is clear evidence of that happening, like regional superstitions and old wives' tales originating from Voodoo that are still being passed down, even through historically white and Catholic families like my own (unknowingly of course).
There *are* still people who "practice" and believe in Voodoo today in New Orleans, but... frankly, I think it's mostly white New-Age hipsters infatuated with the commercialized, touristy, heavily stylized depiction of Voodoo as mystical, macabre, and "witchcrafty", rather than people with genuine religious convictions.
If that doesn't sound like a Rare Earth video, I don't know what would.
Mr. V Is it particularly different to Voodoun in Haiti? I’m aware of the very different histories.
PBS Monstrum did a very respectful-seeming video that explored Voodoo practices, IIRC!
Every religion that someone holds dear is someone else's myth. Every single one.
Fantastic video brother!!! So glad to have been part of this channel since almost the beginning!!! You are and will do great things
I get chills everytime I see a new upload from RE. Keep making some quality content guys.
Your videos on my subscription makes me feel superior than other even though I know that's not much to be proud of one's self. I love your channel. Your videos make so much sense. Would love to see this channel grow.
I am addicted to this fascinating channel. Thank you. Makes me want to visit all these places!
Kp You and me both!
Discovered this channel two days ago and I fell completely in love with it. It is so underrated its almost unbelievable. Keep on with the work guys, this channel is probably one of the best on youtube currently!
The end-credits cards continue to be excellent.
woah i was just binging on rare earth videos when a new one got uploaded lol
Always a thinking point in vids,Thanks.
albania looks like such an interesting place damn
Love the views from the drone. Wish I’d found your channel before I visited Albania and other place I’ve been. Your thought provoking narrations are wonderful.
Welp I've been taught a beautiful lie than, I'm a Catholic student that studied the Catechism and the Bible for quite some time, and yet after watching this video I can't refute your points. Very interesting video to say the least.
Maybe some of the bible was metaphorical, the dragon he slated represented something that was lost in translation.
Or it's a bunch of lies made up by primitive supersticious savages?
Specter Knight, genuine question: how much of genesis do you take seriously?
@@totallynotnoone4380 Good question, I actually thought a lot of it was just stories to show the importance of a God and morals since a lot of it seemed highly illogical.
Religion tends to be just that. A giant misleading lie. I'd expect Jesus to act toward Catholicism and other similar religions much like how he acted toward the Pharisees.
We should all have a direct relationship with Christ instead of one through various intermediate priests that lie and promote the hanging of idols cause they profit of their sale.
Well, at least there's a contingent of those who are more than happy to watch a 'smarmy video maker take the piss.' As always, love the series.
Damn nice vid, nice story nice camera work.
The editing on this is top notch!
All those great drone shots made me fire up google earth to check it out. And that wasn't the most remarkable thing in this video... just icing on the cake. Great work Evan, so greatful you're doing this.
Beautifully narrated. Love your channel 👍🏽❤️👌🏾
There's a third definition to Saint, see Mister Rogers.
I think thats the second definition
@@jer2689 you're correct
You name dropped both the Lovin' Spoonful and Tim Minchin in one video. You are my hero.
That Tim Minchin reference. I loved it.
Awesome video as always! I can only hope you get to Romania as well, seeing how close you are geographically :) I'm sure you'll find plenty interesting subjects
the sound was so much better on this one! this show is the least waste of time in entertainment. in a world where the history channel has nothing to do with history anymore you sir are a life preserver. thank you
Hey Evan. I can't really contribute as a patreon but I love your videos and I wish more people that perhaps can't understand English could enjoy what you do. I'll do my best adding Polish subtitles to your Rare Earth videos starting with this one and going back as time allows. I've never really done that so i have no clue how the approval process works but I've done my best.
Awesome initiative, wish I could contribute as well, but pretty much anyone who knows Swedish and knows how to read, also understand English.
excellent episode. Often on my commute through Munich or travels in surrounding towns I ponder at all the dragon references like old statues or freshly painted frescos and how a leap of logic bolsters a leap of faith.
Also, 10 minutes of cicadas was a great touch
Lov’n spoonful. Great story and video. Thanks from Orlando
I’m really happy you went to Albania, I can’t wait see your next video. Love from an Albanian American.
Did the cicadas stop? Was that one of your miracles?
Is there any other channel like this ? Kudos to the creator , good quality content !
Great video amazing writing
Perfect.
To make the cicadas stop their song in the summer...that would take a miracle.
just curious, where are you going next??
There will "almost certainly" never be dragons. So it's still a posibility.
Flo, from Progressive Aren't you the incurable optimist! 😃
"The main airport in Toronto is even named after her."
So heard my Ontarian ears.
I'm American and I heard that, too. I was just in Toronto recently. First visit to Canada. Wish I could emigrate there. Evan's a walking advert for Canada.
I also heard Toronto, fellow Ontarian
Exactly the same thing happened to me! It wasn't until I saw the actual name written on the sign that the confusion cleared up. (Also a native Ontarian.)
Toronaww in the house
"WEW! Time to cap off that resurrection."
Fantastic!
there is a church in the Netherlands that for centuries had a narwhal horn and claimed it was from a unicorn.
You ended on a Tim Minchin quote, therefore, I must like this video.
Lol at you telling the birds to shut up at the end
These videos are examples of how history classes should be taught imo, great stuff
Wonderful video. Thank you.
As an ex-catholic I really appreciate this outlook.
As a current Catholic I appreciate it too! I believe questioning one's beliefs is always necessary, and it would be delusional to think the Church is perfect. We are "only" human after all :)
@@sauron1427 the question is why not admit mistake to get a better church.
@@goodnight8169 I don't see how going back and de-sanctifying a popular figure who has inspired millions would benefit anyone :p besides, it's not like she was sanctified on a whim; whether the miracles were mere coincidences or not doesn't really matter anymore. That's part of the point of this video, isn't it?
If you're doing Europe are you going to come to Britain, find some unknown event or place, blow our minds again and then throw serious shade at popular views of history and social trends? :)
Miracles done while one is alive don't count if done while one is alive in the canonization process.
Either details were intentionally glossed over, or else someone doesn't understand the process by which the Catholic church canonizes someone.
First the person has to be a "servant of God," when they die, then "Venerated," then "Beatified" (after the first miracle) then "Canonized" ("sainted") (after the second miracle).
All these take place after a person is dead. A person cannot perform miracles during life, and even if one did, they would not count toward sainthood. But that is in the current era. In the early days of the christian church plenty of saints popped up who not only did their miracles during their lifetimes, but did things that they could not possibly have done, for example Saint Christopher who died toward the end of the third century CE but was (still is?) believed to have carried the baby Jesus. But don't take my word for it, I'm not now nor have I ever been a catholic, I think all those religious beliefs are quite silly and I agree with using the term "magic" to describe supposedly "miraculous" acts.
I was raised strongly & conservatively Catholic (Italian-American family active in the parish, pillars of the local Catholic community, with several aunts & uncles who became nuns/priests; went to Catholic grade & high school), but finally left it in college. Anyway, John's right. A saint's miracles only count if they occur after the saint's death. Catholic teaching is that we cannot know who ends up in heaven or hell after death, as it's ultimately God's decision & mercy, but saints are those whom we know for certain ARE in heaven. The miracles are supposedly proof of God's favor, as the saint can intercede with God on our behalf. Praying to God does no good? Well, the saints are the equivalent of asking to talk to a manager when you call customer service; they know how to grease the wheels and push the paperwork to get things done.
So you pray to a saint to ask for help & what you need happens? That proves they're in heaven's management, somewhere.
That's only part of the process, though. Rare Earth, you really did skip over a lot of it. Oh, and the Ask A Mortician channel did a great video on incorruptibility of saints' bodies, which is another huge step in the process.
(Please note -- this post is only what the Catholic Church teaches, not what I believe.)
@@hilaryhongkong He referenced alleged miracles, or lack thereof, during their lifetime as if it was a justification of sainthood. That's not a factor in the process, and the distinction is pretty important theologically speaking. I don't think dragons exist, or that Donatus slayed one, but I think it shows that RE didn't research this video as carefully as he normally does.
I am a devout Catholic. But I do have doubts about some of the saints the Church seems to rush to canonize because of their popularity. I think the standard to be called a saint should be much more stringent, says, nine miracles at least.
Anhtuan L Pope John XXIII was canonized without any recognized miracle for example.
Correct me, but I was under the impression that the Catholic Church required 2 miracles. Has that changed.?
Outside the church, there are real saints in Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh religion...and probably Jain also.
Some are famous, some are known to a few. Neither miracles nor popularity in itself is sufficient for sainthood. Some of them do have halos visible on rare occasions.
Sainthood is a quality that defines itself and may not ,usually is not, recognized by all who encounter the saint. You may have met one. They radiate divine light and are capable of touching others with that light. They are remembered with love.
Prior to JP2, they needed four, at least two of which had to be post-mortem. He also abolished the office of the Promotor of the Faith (commonly known as the Devil's Advocate), which means that the standards for what counts as a "miracle" have slipped because no-one in the Vatican is looking for contrary evidence.
Its far easier to get made a saint today than it has been at any previous time in the last millennium.
Hahaha the peeing on the rear tire bit hit me on multiple levels. I love this channel
Dang it. Once again, we will just have to wait and see.
I had that Tim Minchin quote surfacing in my head during this video and there it was!
I love your videos!!! ❤️
come to record in Spain
Saint Evan of Rare Earth
Would you want a sugestion for Rare Earth? The most popular Brazilian saint is not recognized by the Catholic Church for political reasons. It’s called Padre Cícero and there’s an enormous estatue of him in Northeastern Brazil in a city called Juazeiro do Norte, where hundreds of pilgrims (called “romeiros”) go every year looking for a miracle. He lived in the 1930’s in a very poor region (the “Sertão”), but the bishop of that time believed that Padre Cícero wanted to create a sect of his own, and soon the Vatican excomungated him for some time. Even though Brazil is the most populous catholic country in the world, there are very few brazilian saints. And also there is no sign that the Church will change its opinion about Padre Cícero as a saint anytime soon, despite thousands of miracles atributed to him throghout all those years.
I know this is 3 months later, but The Vatican has actually forgiven Padre Cícero back in 2015. Ceará's governor has even asked for his beatification last year.
There are a lot of reasons people still want saints, and not all of them are bad. We aspire to be like our idols from sports or movies or sainthood. We admire some qualities and ignore others because they don't fit with our paradigm. I still like St Christopher because he looks totally cool on a keyring. I also like King Arthur and Lance Armstrong because of what they represent to me. Didn't Princess Di and JFK both become much cooler after their deaths?
Road to 1 million.
Evan usually has one or more really quotable lines in each video. Even if it is only, 'This is Rare Earth!'
In absolute seriousness, please don't ever stop.
OMG I'm glad some shares my hatred of cicadas hahahaha
I just had a Cicada in my suburban home... Seemed like a sign- It was creepy to hear inside but cool nonetheless 😊
CHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICH *cicada breathes* CHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHI
I love them! They are the sound of summer!
Chuck Iringtwice I am almost in Canada😊 If you do a Google query, they thrive in warm climates... It's only 65°F in August here which was the same time I saw it in my home last year😊 I enjoy the anomalous and rarely seen pieces of ecology too😃
Rare Earth 😂😂😂
Love the Tim Minchin reference!
What is the circle thing in your right pocket?
Last time I was this early I was a saint.
Early paintings of St. George and the Dragon make it look like a serpent or lizard, often without wings. Some look remarkably like komodo dragons, which we still call dragons. It's a coincidence of course, but you could make an argument that there is a real animal similar enough to one version of the mythical dragon to be a dragon.
9:03 those waves going backwards :D
now that's some editing magic
Nice, please cover the other Abrahamic faiths and Buddhism too.
Are you a yahwest, not that there's anything wrong with that
I think you've missed the point of the video.
trust me, he wont.
Lol, I like the "credits" at the end.
According to Father Guido Sarducci, you need to perform two miracles to become a saint and in the old days, some of those miracles were just card tricks.
I don't agree with the statement that Catholic sainthood is a popularity contest. The Church canonizes many people that are completely unknown to the majority of the faithful around the world and refuses to recognize others that are vastly more popular. If you chose to visit Medjugorje in Herzegovina, which is frankly very near Albania, you'll learn about that.
I'm halfway in, so curious whether you mention the consecration of pagan King Saint Stephen.
Rare earth is becoming too self aware
Magic is science we just don’t understand
Where are the adds
I just love the dig at Hitchens and his war mongering on the end-card.
Enjoy your stay in Albania.
Oh wow, I didn't know you did tutorials
Come to Greece next time. You are close enough :).
Youre right Evan, Tim Minchin is incredible!!!
I watch these videos to dilute the sounds of the cicadas, not to hear them.
I love the idea of calling religion magic. I don't personally mind if people believe magic does or does not exist, and I dont really have a stance myself, but the concept that believing in god or gods or miracles or the divine is somehow less of a type of superstition than believing in ghosts or witchcraft or the boogeyman is just because it's the mainstream is preposterous to me. I dont think I'd use the term "magic" necessarily just because it evokes a very specific imagery in my mind (cultural bias) but I wholeheartedly agree with categorizing religions and other nonscientific beliefs together as equals.
And someday, when Tim Tebow becomes a saint, we'll look back at this and wonder.
Looks like goin toward india
A lot of these phenomenons can be explained by the power of suggestion. If you would like to learn more about it and you are interested in the topic, watch the series Mindfield - Power of Suggestion.
Although I believe most of the time power of suggestion (your mind) heals your body, I also do believe that it is possible for someone else to use their power of suggestion to heal others...but that hasn't been scientifically proved YET, but that is how I feel. The only scientific experiment I can think of is when a Japanese scientist put labels with words on water bottles and then studied the water after some time. In my opinion it is not the word that is affecting the water, in fact is our mind and the perception of our mind about that word that truly influences the water.
everybody believes in magic, even if you dont realize it or not careful to notice
And God saw the scientific method, and declared, WELL... FUCK.
Are you going to visit Serbia seeing that you are very close?
Awesome video by the way
What about the non-christian doctor couple who spent their entire lives in the tribal area (which is also in India) do they qualify to this title of the saint without converting?
No you are not like Hitchens. Less sharp, less bombastic, but quietly, subtly, perhaps even more gently; you are much more savage and brutal. Kudos!
Human faith is a miracle in of itself.