What It Takes To Be A Saint

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Goodbye Armenia, hello Albania!
Today's episode is about sainthood, and what it takes to be remembered.
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@RareEarthSeries 6 лет назад

We exist because of you: www.patreon.com/rareearth

@TheBangersnSmash 6 лет назад

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

@MichaelBerthelsen 6 лет назад

You used to live in Japan, you should be used to the damn cicadas by now!😉

@timlash 6 лет назад

I love everything about your end cards. I pause to read each one. Keep up the good work. Thanks!

@JeanLucCaptain 6 лет назад

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😂

@IM-iw7wd 6 лет назад

Rare Earth did you guys block me from commenting?

@lincolnnoronha4128 6 лет назад

there are no dragons because mah boy slayed them

@mheermance 6 лет назад

Sounds legit.

@beskamir5977 6 лет назад

yep, basically akin to this wonderful meme: pics.me.me/jesus-promised-us-to-odin-promised-us-to-get-rid-14030889.png

@Thunderwalker87 6 лет назад

Actually it was just a big scam. He made a deal with the dragon, they were doing a hussle. Like in Dragonheart.

@dirus3142 6 лет назад

Dude, you never make a deal with a dragon. While your at it, never trust and elf.

@UsenameTakenWasTaken 6 лет назад

Did his pawn replace him after he killed god twice?

@Mabooltube 6 лет назад

Not a dragonslayer? Do you see any dragons around?

@badlaamaurukehu 5 лет назад

Quite a few actually.

@JeanLucCaptain 4 года назад

SNOOP DRAGON!!!!

@Michael-Hammerschmidt 4 года назад

Just like St. Jiub... Except the flying beasts he slew were very, very real.

@tHustr4 6 лет назад

"There will almost certainly never be dragons" See, that's the problem, it's people like you who are holding back progress

@Prof_Z_PhD 6 лет назад

I'd give it a few more years and we'll be able to genetically create our own dragon-like beings.

@invertexyz 6 лет назад

Decades* , but certainly.

@GoreTorn16 6 лет назад

To be honest, there are Dragons on Earth(Lizards). Just not the type of Dragons one could hope for.

@Megtran-lb2ji 5 лет назад

Dragon mommy 's hope for that type of dragon!

@DeadWhiteButterflies 5 лет назад

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!

@shade9592 6 лет назад

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.

@ParaREZX 6 лет назад

shade_grey woah

@colleennewholy9026 5 лет назад

Does that go for Siegfried too? Lol

@abyssinia4ever 4 года назад

@@jdlech Made from magic gopherwood.

@merdufer 6 лет назад

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.

@rhijulbec1 6 лет назад

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 🍁

@rhijulbec1 6 лет назад

@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 🍁

@invertexyz 6 лет назад

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.

@invertexyz 6 лет назад

@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.

@bofbob1 6 лет назад

+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.

@jerden3285 6 лет назад

"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!

@niemandwirklich 6 лет назад

"Scientology may recruit their celebrities, but Christianity grows its own." - what a nice, quotable sentence (5:45).

@simonthomas1878 5 лет назад

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.

@neolexiousneolexian6079 3 года назад

@@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...

@oliwiabieniek 6 лет назад

At 3:25 there's a slayed dragon! Checkmate atheists

@typograf62 6 лет назад

And they have just found another dragon head in Sweden. But something is wrong, they were not christians in those days.

@hjh1972 5 лет назад

Fuck - you won theists

@JeanLucCaptain 4 года назад

I refuse to believe your checkmate therefore your proof/facts are irrelevant 😎

@bbd121 3 года назад

@@JeanLucCaptain I counterspell your disbelief, and I rolled a 15, plus modifiers.

@JeanLucCaptain 3 года назад

@@bbd121 I MAXIMIZE COUNTER SPELL YOUR BELIEF, USING A BOLT ROUND CONCECRATED BY THE EMPEROR, THE GOD OF UNBELIEF.

@karthikcr2010 6 лет назад

One of the underrated channels on RU-vid

@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX 6 лет назад

> 609k subs

@manasdas8793 6 лет назад

Too erudite for commoners

@Healermain15 6 лет назад

Mere peasants could never appreciate the full artistic depth of Pewdipie prank videos.

@Gonjona 6 лет назад

Become a saint by making cool documentaries

@rainbob7 6 лет назад

I casually end sentences with "This is Rare Earth" now Thanks Evan

@hape3862 6 лет назад

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.

@calebstaten5602 6 лет назад

@uegvdczuVF 6 лет назад

Let me guess, the miracle St. Ulrich preformed was time traveling?

@hape3862 6 лет назад

Caleb Staten, sorry A.D. of course. Corrected.

@piwithatsme 5 лет назад

That wouldn't even surprise me tbh, haha. The standards for saints wasn't very high for a long time

@rowanmurphy4986 4 года назад

uegvdczuVF hey rowan here. Best comment 10/10

@Guthixian_ 6 лет назад

Is it just me or did you up the rate of memery in your narrative?

@a.evelyn5498 6 лет назад

Memory*

@moonlitbear9863 6 лет назад

I'm pretty sure he intended it as memery, as in meme-ry.

@brandongreenhough9379 5 лет назад

@@a.evelyn5498 r/woosh?

@jincyquones 6 лет назад

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.

@acchaladka 6 лет назад

Mr. V Is it particularly different to Voodoun in Haiti? I’m aware of the very different histories.

@neolexiousneolexian6079 3 года назад

PBS Monstrum did a very respectful-seeming video that explored Voodoo practices, IIRC!

@llantup 6 лет назад

Every religion that someone holds dear is someone else's myth. Every single one.

@julienbelair6524 6 лет назад

Wonderful video. Thank you. As an ex-catholic I really appreciate this outlook.

@sauron1427 6 лет назад

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 :)

@goodnight8169 5 лет назад

@@sauron1427 the question is why not admit mistake to get a better church.

@sauron1427 5 лет назад

@@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?

@whistlerwade 6 лет назад

There's a third definition to Saint, see Mister Rogers.

@jer2689 4 года назад

I think thats the second definition

@RandomTomatoSoup 4 года назад

@@jer2689 you're correct

@Gitbitty 6 лет назад

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.

@thesssradio5008 6 лет назад

Maybe some of the bible was metaphorical, the dragon he slated represented something that was lost in translation.

@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge 6 лет назад

Or it's a bunch of lies made up by primitive supersticious savages?

@totallynotnoone4380 6 лет назад

Specter Knight, genuine question: how much of genesis do you take seriously?

@Gitbitty 6 лет назад

@@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.

@beskamir5977 6 лет назад

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.

@apteropith 6 лет назад

The end-credits cards continue to be excellent.

@braaaaaains 6 лет назад

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.

@cameronrhanna 6 лет назад

"The main airport in Toronto is even named after her." So heard my Ontarian ears.

@ctwofirst6635 6 лет назад

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.

@KathrynsRavens 6 лет назад

I also heard Toronto, fellow Ontarian

@Cyssane 6 лет назад

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.)

@tehjamerz 5 лет назад

Toronaww in the house

@simplefun471 6 лет назад

woah i was just binging on rare earth videos when a new one got uploaded lol

@flofromprogressive9367 6 лет назад

There will "almost certainly" never be dragons. So it's still a posibility.

@bennylofgren3208 6 лет назад

Flo, from Progressive Aren't you the incurable optimist! 😃

@nobletalent 6 лет назад

To make the cicadas stop their song in the summer...that would take a miracle.

@mohamedattia3395 6 лет назад

I get chills everytime I see a new upload from RE. Keep making some quality content guys.

@km5405 6 лет назад

there is a church in the Netherlands that for centuries had a narwhal horn and claimed it was from a unicorn.

@Oshanii 6 лет назад

albania looks like such an interesting place damn

@JuanPablodelaTorre 6 лет назад

That Tim Minchin reference. I loved it.

@US395Official 6 лет назад

"WEW! Time to cap off that resurrection."

@rennaaa6667 6 лет назад

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.

@pa7764 6 лет назад

Awesome initiative, wish I could contribute as well, but pretty much anyone who knows Swedish and knows how to read, also understand English.

@nikhilpandey2364 6 лет назад

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.

@joevinski1 6 лет назад

Fantastic video brother!!! So glad to have been part of this channel since almost the beginning!!! You are and will do great things

@BlueRoses345 6 лет назад

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!

@robburgess4556 6 лет назад

You name dropped both the Lovin' Spoonful and Tim Minchin in one video. You are my hero.

@Pixelkip 6 лет назад

I am addicted to this fascinating channel. Thank you. Makes me want to visit all these places!

@bennylofgren3208 6 лет назад

Kp You and me both!

@nerakin6679 6 лет назад

Did the cicadas stop? Was that one of your miracles?

@robertwaguespack9414 4 года назад

Miracles done while one is alive don't count if done while one is alive in the canonization process.

@rickbrandt9559 6 лет назад

Always a thinking point in vids,Thanks.

@KannikCat 6 лет назад

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.

@symphantic4552 6 лет назад

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

@EebstertheGreat 5 лет назад

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.

@TuanAnhTPBQ 6 лет назад

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.

@Gew219 6 лет назад

Anhtuan L Pope John XXIII was canonized without any recognized miracle for example.

@robertunderwood1011 6 лет назад

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.

@davidcrisp5805 6 лет назад

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.

@thanrose 6 лет назад

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?

@felipeberlim3587 6 лет назад

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.

@BrBetim 5 лет назад

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.

@clarefriend1376 4 года назад

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.

@wettale 6 лет назад

Hahaha the peeing on the rear tire bit hit me on multiple levels. I love this channel

@joshdude2137 6 лет назад

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

@jpe1 6 лет назад

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.

@zenfrodo 5 лет назад

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.)

@facetiousbadger 5 лет назад

@@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.

@ImJarriedOfSuburbia 6 лет назад

In absolute seriousness, please don't ever stop.

@ROGER2095 6 лет назад

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.

@DoylePTB 9 месяцев назад

I had that Tim Minchin quote surfacing in my head during this video and there it was!

@IM-iw7wd 6 лет назад

I’m really happy you went to Albania, I can’t wait see your next video. Love from an Albanian American.

@Aeyekay0 4 года назад

Lol at you telling the birds to shut up at the end

@FilmflickerCinema 5 лет назад

You ended on a Tim Minchin quote, therefore, I must like this video.

@henriquepimentagomes 6 лет назад

OMG I'm glad some shares my hatred of cicadas hahahaha

@deanwinchest3906 6 лет назад

I just had a Cicada in my suburban home... Seemed like a sign- It was creepy to hear inside but cool nonetheless 😊

@RareEarthSeries 6 лет назад

CHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICH *cicada breathes* CHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHICHI

@jackwood8307 6 лет назад

I love them! They are the sound of summer!

@deanwinchest3906 6 лет назад

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😃

@bennylofgren3208 6 лет назад

Rare Earth 😂😂😂

@jerry3790 6 лет назад

Last time I was this early I was a saint.

@MicrobyteAlan 6 лет назад

Lov’n spoonful. Great story and video. Thanks from Orlando

@dileepvr 6 лет назад

The editing on this is top notch!

@vilstef6988 Год назад

Evan usually has one or more really quotable lines in each video. Even if it is only, 'This is Rare Earth!'

@Gigas0101 6 лет назад

Every time something bad happens, I didn't prepare for it in a practical and logical manner. Every time something good happens to me; "Mandate of heaven, it was meant to be."

@MisterMakerNL 6 лет назад

Damn nice vid, nice story nice camera work.

@lowmanite 6 лет назад

Dang it. Once again, we will just have to wait and see.

@josephgroves3176 6 лет назад

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? :)

@MoreEvilThanYahweh 6 лет назад

Nice, please cover the other Abrahamic faiths and Buddhism too.

@thesssradio5008 6 лет назад

Are you a yahwest, not that there's anything wrong with that

@XIII_Vanitas 6 лет назад

I think you've missed the point of the video.

@GiantArtProductions 6 лет назад

trust me, he wont.

@pranavkrishna9851 6 лет назад

Perfect.

@--Dan- 6 лет назад

And someday, when Tim Tebow becomes a saint, we'll look back at this and wonder.

@naanamora3282 6 лет назад

Beautifully narrated. Love your channel 👍🏽❤️👌🏾

@HOboXWARRIOR 5 лет назад

These videos are examples of how history classes should be taught imo, great stuff

@ytadmin 6 лет назад

Fantastic!

@Gew219 6 лет назад

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.

@antsinmyeyesjohnson7709 6 лет назад

Great video amazing writing

@alexandrumoise1511 6 лет назад

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

@-_-_m 6 лет назад

I just love the dig at Hitchens and his war mongering on the end-card.

@elvinl. 5 лет назад

9:03 those waves going backwards :D now that's some editing magic

@Neldonax 6 лет назад

I watch these videos to dilute the sounds of the cicadas, not to hear them.

@mirnadrake2259 5 лет назад

My boyfriends great grandmother was sainted and people who’s families were affected by her miracles show up at his house chapel on the first Sunday of the month

@JesPulido 6 лет назад

Lol, I like the "credits" at the end.

@mord696 5 лет назад

Is there any other channel like this ? Kudos to the creator , good quality content !

@MissLilyputt 6 лет назад

Love the Tim Minchin reference!

@njugunotsowildmonkey8338 6 лет назад

I enjoyed the vid - thoughtful as always. Thanks. Just one thing; most christians do not believe that magic is real. They DO believe that miracles sometimes happen. The keys to understanding miracles are the questions; 'What is a miracle?' - not arbitrary and/or contrary to the natural world, that's magic, and 'What was the purpose of it happening?' One of the best books ever on the subject is 'Miracles' by C.S.Lewis. Kudos to you and your team for launching into the subject, though. :)

@bennylofgren3208 6 лет назад

Njugu Notsowildmonkey *Every* christian believes that magic is real. They believe in their god, that's all it takes.

@RandomTomatoSoup 4 года назад

"most christians do not believe that magic is real. They DO believe that miracles sometimes happen." how did you contradict yourself this quickly

@nekilood422 6 лет назад

just curious, where are you going next??

@encellon 6 лет назад

At our most fundamental level, humanity falls into are two kinds of people... rational people who reject superstition and magic as pure fantasy ... and irrational people who worship manufactured bullshit. Notwithstanding RU-vid videos, as long as people exist, this dichotomy will never end.

@FeryPaul 6 лет назад

I love your videos!!! ❤️ come to record in Spain

@RWM420 4 года назад

Youre right Evan, Tim Minchin is incredible!!!

@prod.hxrford3896 6 лет назад

Rare earth is becoming too self aware

@davidbunner6708 6 лет назад

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!

@bhuvanchandra2848 6 лет назад

Road to 1 million.

@juliediamond6017 6 лет назад

I always thought dragons were possibly large dinosaurs with breath so hot it was interpreted as fire.

@troygaspard6732 3 года назад

What does it take? You have to be dead to start. Baby, it may sound dodgy now, but it sounds great when your dead.

@ToastyCoClothing 6 лет назад

everybody believes in magic, even if you dont realize it or not careful to notice

@renegroulx7029 2 года назад

9:11 Today, I learn a new word : Smarmy. It means, "ingratiating and wheedling in a way that is perceived as insincere or excessive".

@Azhar_shaikh1 4 года назад

Saint Evan of Rare Earth

@d_wang9836 6 лет назад

I thought it was gonna be another video about her dark side, pleasntly surprised that you chose to go for a different theme

@eberger75 6 лет назад

Magic is science we just don’t understand

@joankociko5174 6 лет назад

Those cicadas can only be expected to shut up during winter to be honest.

@JeanLucCaptain 4 года назад

And God saw the scientific method, and declared, WELL... FUCK.

@BalwinderSinghcheemaonelife 6 лет назад

Looks like goin toward india

@Techischannel 6 лет назад

This specific Saint was a Necromancer who just so happen managed to kill a Dragon. Seems legit, dragon bones though resiliant arent known to last very long if exposed to the Elements untreated. Mediorcre Wood at Miracle best.

@MrNolos 5 лет назад

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.