Voltaire's Luck: The French Philosopher Outsmarts the Lottery

Re:Voltaire's Luck: The French Philosopher Outsmarts the Lot... by seren on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:01AM (#18863364)

You are correct my memory is a bit fuzzy, and your interpretation is probably correct.

Edit : after further checking, he was pretending having the knife of st. Peter, used to cut off the high priest servant's ear in the garden of Gethsemane to prevent the arrest of Jesus. (Which makes more sense..)

10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

John 18:10–11

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Re:Voltaire's Luck: The French Philosopher Outsmarts the Lot... by mci on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @05:01AM (#18863619)

Except that the sword has been in Poznań, Poland for over a thousand years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Saint_Peter

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Re:Voltaire's Luck: The French Philosopher Outsmarts the Lot... by swish_bob on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @05:33AM (#18863726)

Historically, actually having a relic of a saint is very poorly correlated with claiming to have a relic of a saint, even when people aren't explicitly trying to con people.

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Re:Voltaire's Luck: The French Philosopher Outsmarts the Lot... by justtopost on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @08:49AM (#18864610)

We really have almost zero proof that most of the 'real' relics are legitimate. Many value the meaning more than the actual item, especially when considering the perspective of the church.

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