Worshiping the Weird: The World's Grossest Religious Relics

[@shonifari5783]

I grew up in a small Italian town and I was 8 when they told us about the 4 embalmbed/taxidermied nuns in the church basement. Churches are the creepiest places on earth

[@rookmaster7502]

Especially the basement.

[@MichaelB1666]

Ooff. Did you ever go look for yourself?

[@geeksprout8392]

other than the sedlec bone ossuary cathedral, italian churches are particularly creepy.

[@ABW941]

@@MichaelB1666 Dont go to the Church Basement, they have their skeletons out in the open.

[@visala4495]

There's a mummy of a priest in an old church near where I live. It's under a glass casing, in the church floor. You can't take pictures but, ya know, people still do. It just looks like a raisin

[@profverstrooid9401]

At 4:10 Oliver Cromwell and Oliver Plunkett's labels are mistakenly swapped.

[@Itsfineweerallfine]

Thank you for commenting this, as that was what I came to say 🙏🏽☺️🙏🏽

[@Pretermit_Sound]

Ahh, you beat me to it. Lol 😂

[@phoule76]

I think he confuses "centuries" for "millenia" at one point, too.

[@jackturner214]

Also, if one sees a direct link between Yahwism and Rabbinical Judaism, one could argue that Judaism is around 700-1000 years older than Simon suggested. Vedic Hinduism, however, is still older.

[@NullStaticVoid]

You should have gone into the Buddhist relics. The origin of the eastern architectural feature known as stupas was to house relics of Buddha. Later these were used to house relics of venerated monks and then just a general feature of Japanese, Chinese and other Asian nations architecture. There are temples that have teeth, jaws, thigh bones and other remains. In Tibetan Vajrayana tradition we often see them using bones left over from a 'sky burial' to craft serving implements. Like a ladle made from a femur. A bowl made from a skull etc. In some Buddhist traditions after a particularly revered monk is cremated they search the ashes, hoping to find stones. These stones are seen as a manifestation of their dharma. These are either taken and put in a reliquary. Or they are ground up and added to a number of other ingredients in a mortar and pestle and ground up. The mixture is then compressed into pills. These are given to novice monks that have reached a certain initiate level as 'spirit pills'. It gets wilder. The spirit pill ingredients are said to always contain at least one pill made previously in a line going all the way back to the Buddha. So the novice monks are ingesting a tiny tiny amount of hte Buddha himself!

[@waynebimmel6784]

More like a tiny amount of the original Buddhas Kidney Stones

[@nikkigriffin08]

Buddhism technically isn't a religion though so that could be why

[@patrickscalia5088]

@@nikkigriffin08 You can't make blanket statements about Buddhism like that. You could argue that in the most spartan of the Zen traditions, Buddhism isn't a religion. It's not something you _believe_ it's something you _do_ . It's a practice, in other words. Of course there's still a belief system that goes along with that but since it doesn't call for the worship of supernatural beings it's still not a religion in the conventional sense. Other forms of Buddhism absolutely are religions in every conventional sense including praying to and the worship of supernatural beings such as an ascended Buddha himself along with other "saints" or bodhisattvas who have also broken free of the cycle of reincarnation and achieved something like permanent elevation to the spiritual plane. The point being that there is no one belief system called Buddhism. There are multiple belief systems that happen to share a veneration and following of the Buddha but aside from that are as different from one another as Christianity is from one of the other Hindu religions or indeed as different as an atheistic secular philosophy is from any genuine religion. I have practiced Zen Buddhism as a secular philosophy and morals-based belief system specifically because I'm an atheist and in Zen the Buddha is a he, not a He. While Zen Buddhists try to follow the Buddha's teachings and to emulate him in many ways, what they don't do is worship him or pray to him. Actual worshiping of the dead man is seen as fetishism and a distraction from the real teachings, a corruption of the teachings in other words. Japanese Zen master Hakuin used to make this point with his students by, whenever someone sounded a little too much like he was hero-worshiping the man, Hakuin would tell him "Kill the Buddha!" Meaning, don't obsess about the _man_. Focus instead on the things he taught. But having said all that, other forms of Buddhism are every bit as much a religion in every relevant way as Islam or Christianity. In a sense making blanket statements about Buddhism is as illogical as making a blanket statement about Hinduism. It's something that Westerners with their history of monolithic religions that all contradict each other as to which is the most legitimate is hard for them to grasp, but the only thing that the various faiths of Hinduism all share in common is that they arose in either ancient or modern India. There is no one, main, primary, superseding Hindu religion. They co-exist alongside one another. Indeed, Buddhism itself is a Hindu religion though it's not commonly thought of that way. As an interesting anecdote, back in early medieval times, the Catholic church invested the Buddha as a Christian saint based solely on the teachings and reputation associated with him that made their way in dribs and drabs back West. They would have been a bit shocked to learn that not only was the Buddha not a Christian, but Siddartha Gautama lived and died over 500 years before Jesus came into the world. But their logic still made sense for the day. Such a kind, wise, and morally upstanding man absolutely _had_ to be a Christian, and a good one. Anything else was unthinkable.

[@SDArgo_FoC]

Christianity gains more views because of the neckbeards

[@jackturner214]

@@patrickscalia5088 - "[Buddhism] not something you believe it's something you do." One could make the same argument about Orthodox Judaism: one is obligate to mitzvot because one is a Jew, regardless of whatever else they might believe or not believe.

[@Replicaate]

Former Catholic here who can say yeah, relics are incredibly weird and gross, but it's fun to freak out the protestant denominations - practicing or renounced. Did YOUR church have a severed finger in a gold box, Stacey? Didn't think so. Also as a student of the arts, I just love the beautiful reliquary cases and caskets for these things. Absolute masterworks of medieval art, some of them.

[@lynettegraves6261]

Former Protestant here. Can confirm that I was entirely jealous of the Catholic... everything’s. The art and the architecture and rituals. It seemed so much more interesting!

[@Replicaate]

@@lynettegraves6261 Yeah the Church has...many crimes to answer for but crimes against art are not one of 'em.

[@jrmckim]

Former Pentecost and Assembly of God here.. I was never jealous of Catholics.... we have our own weird stuff... like speaking in tongues.. convulsions and fainting. And that's just a normal Wednesday evening at church. Snakes are for Sunday mornings tho 😌

[@MetalManiac1911]

Baptist here, Catholics are strange af.

[@u-neekusername4430]

One thing Catholic high school taught me, NO WAY I would ever be a "weirdo" Catholic! - Drinking the blood & eating the body of 2,000 yro dead guy, keeping random body parts & praying to them, the whole celibate thing....BEAUTIFUL churches & AWESOME incense though! Loved when they swung that around....& that bell "dingla lingle-ling", don't why, just did....oh & the "forever & ever", guess I'm a bit of a weirdo too! 😆

[@theknightradiant2]

Because it can be misunderstood, Catholics don't "worship" relics but use them as a tool to reverence the one associated with it (as was mentioned in the video but the misconception can cause misunderstandings as is it assumed Catholics worship saints). Such as someone hanging a cross in their home. It is certainly one of the weirder things for sure, but it is Catholic belief that a person is both body and soul, so the body should also be treated with respect even after death. Most relics I've seen are small pieces of bone, fabric, or wood (there are different "classes" of relics that include a part of the individual to something that indivdual touched all the way to somethingt touched by another thing touched by the revered individual!). The others are exceedingly rare, as I'm sure you can imagine. More common in places with a much older history. I am, after all, in America. I could be remembering incorrectly, but most if not all Catholic altars contain a relic.

[@rushthezeppelin]

Nailed all of it except that last part. Altars are no longer required to have relics. A lot of modern free standing altars don't have them. The one at my parish has five in the altar stone and we have also have additional relics of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in small reliquaries on the altar. Our altar is very old and we still celebrate the Latin mass.

[@krdiaz8026]

@@rushthezeppelin "Most if not all" so what was said doesn't contradict what you said. It's still better to have a relic, but that might not be possible nowadays in newer churches, which is not necessarily a bad thing. God is the original source of all graces after all, not the relics.

[@krdiaz8026]

I'm glad to see a fellow Catholic here. "Weird" is really very relative. For an Aztec, it wouldn't be weird to see skulls outside their temples. Growing up Catholic, I found it weird that Baptist churches looked empty. No statues, no candles, nothing. I know that this video isn't specifically anti-Catholic, but you can see a lot of that here in the comments, which I can understand but it saddens me all the same.

[@nancykaminski8600]

The most interesting relic I have seen was the entire body of a saint in a church in Vienna (I think it might be St. Stephen’s Cathedral). The body is fully dressed in the clothing of the Middle Ages and is in a glass coffin so it can easily be seen. Very strange and yet pretty cool.

[@devdawg22]

I personally am into the "metal" parts of out faith. I would love to go travel and see the incorruptible corpses and catacombs. I think I passed on my love for what some would call macabre of the faith to my son. His class went to a shrine for a field trip. The first thing he said when he got in the car at pick up was "his body is in the altar but they cut out his heart, and it's an altar in Mexico" all excited.

[@calibmatlock]

It must be trippy as hell to be a little kid, your parents drag you to church and say "hey kiddo, look at this dead guy's head! Isn't God amazing?"

[@BeatnikBun]

Catholic churches def numb you to the idea of death.

[@billyholmes3]

The word of Jesus has nothing to do with the insane actions of men

[@lilymarinovic1644]

When you're a child you ten d to be more accepting of whatever is going on in your life, whether religious or otherwise.

[@billyholmes3]

@@lilymarinovic1644 children grow up and can make adult choices and insane actions of men in the name of God or Jesus don't make it actually commands from God or Jesus all one has to do is read the Bible to know what it is about

[@derncii]

@@billyholmes3 no one asked

[@Opus313]

If people want to worship a gross old relic they should worship me...

[@timsmith1323]

All hail OPUS Lmao

[@lukesmith7572]

all hail Opus

[@Pretermit_Sound]

Opus! Where’s Bill the Cat?

[@Fredakruger0666]

All hail old gross Opus!

[@rush1er]

That gets a big ol' Ed McMahon-HAEEEEEEEY-YOHHHHHHH!

[@moriahm8888]

Please do more videos on this topic!!! Absolutely fascinating! 💯

[@greg4367]

Congratulations, you have plumed new depths of weirdness. Cant wait for the next sounding.

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

Next Sounding? That would be an odd religious relic, the Holy Rod of Sounding. 🤣

[@jtmcgee]

Sounding can be dangerous. Please dont oh wait... the craziest things the ER has found due to sounding. 5 stars would watch

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

@@jtmcgee a live stream of Sounding. 😂

[@nickgov66]

Or even "plumbed", mayhap?

[@qwertzuiop1230]

@@angusrumplemeyer1791oh my god hahaha of course someone commented on the “sounding”

[@michaelcaffery5038]

I can't remember where I saw it, maybe the TV programme 'QI', but the dried 'blood' is a trick. The Catholic Church knows this very well. It's a mixture of substances that resemble dried blood and turns liquid and red when shaken. This was known in the middle ages There is a name for this property ( liquefaction?). These "relics" are kept untouched in a niche until the saints day or other holy day. The priest picks up the container, swings round and makes the sign of the cross with it which is usually enough for it to turn liquid. I saw on tv, I don't know if it was the same Church as the one in the video, where it did not liquefy and the Mayor who was there for the special occasion grabbed hold of it and gave it a good shake. He obviously knew the score. This is definitely from QI but at one time, according to the Church Jesus had 4 penis'. Because churches in 4 different places in Europe had the foreskin of Jesus and all were recognised by the Vatican.

[@ryanbarker5217]

there were probably as many foreskins as there were tons of the berlin wall sold as souvenirs.

[@nekane6168]

I'm so surprised 🙄😒

[@eleanorfowser4705]

When asked what happens to a baby’s foreskin after a circumcision, some doctors have been heard to tell an old joke. We save the foreskins and sew them into wallets. When you rub the wallet, it turns into a suitcase.

[@DrSuperKamiGuru]

Are Jesus and Knuckles the Echidna the same person?

[@Kevin-hp5fk]

I continue to love your pronunciation of Irish place names. Draw-heh-da not Drog-heada.

[@nyvkroft6530]

Came to say this as well. Gave me a good chuckle

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

He's just as bad with British words and names. The sad thing is that because of his otherwise excellent diction, people probably take everything he says as absolute fact.

[@golfgrabu]

I adore the entire non francophone population when they pronounce words in French.

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

Nobody cares

[@Kevin-hp5fk]

@@thatlittlevoice6354 Ditto, good buddy.

[@Anglomachian]

I think you got the two Olivers mixed up. That was almost certainly Cromwell on the right, not the left.

[@Anglomachian]

@Ian James You think the idea was to mislabel them? Won't that be confusing for people who don't know who either of these people are?

[@TheErikM]

Yes.

[@theceoofcrackcocaineandamp5961]

Ian

[@theceoofcrackcocaineandamp5961]

Ian James

[@theceoofcrackcocaineandamp5961]

Ian James is a world renowned historian he has wrote books on the future with a 100% success rate Ian James

[@catbutte4770]

There should be a relic of the Holy Hand Grenade (aka Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch) from Monty Python's Holy Grail movie. 👼💣

[@nickgov66]

Yes, the pin should have survived as it was pulled out.

[@sandybarnes887]

I liked the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog

[@Makowh]

I visited a tiny monestary near Brescia, in Italia, and in the catacombs was (among other things) the desiccated corpse of a tiny child saint on a beautiful little altar of gold and flowers. Then the light cut off and my wife and I nearly had a heart attack. Had to make it back upstairs by the light of our phones to scream at the lonely priest in charge of the place. I can't remember the name of the place, but I associate the scary saint child with "Saint Salazar", although Im not sure anymore. Christianity is weird.

[@lizc6393]

As a Christian, holy cow yes it absolutely is. Lmao.

[@ajstevens1652]

Imagine the priest does that to tourists for a laugh 😂

[@sandybarnes887]

The San Salvatore (or Santa Giulia) monastery?

[@swampfox984]

Catholicism is weird. I'm a Christian but that's nonsense

[@debbylou5729]

Heart attack because the lights were off?

[@sisterspooky]

@4:31 - 🤭 *Me giggling at the video about religious relics, all the while, as Simon is speaking, the door is positioned just right so the metallic portion of the door handle and fixture manage to jet out in a “cross” shape. Yay for the brain just randomly assigning patterns to things. 🤣 *

[@danielreuben1058]

Again, you have amazed me. Not just the relics, but your calm, serious, voice not laughing. How many takes did you have to do for this video?

[@Warwallaby]

Well, he has said that a lot of times his scripts go from his eyes to his mouth, skipping his brain. My guess is he’s doing that on purpose for this one. 🤣

[@Michael-Douglas]

It took me a few takes to do your mum without laughing.

[@garyburginjr1366]

He has a channel called Brain Blaze where he constantly screams at his editor and goes off script. It's great

[@danielreuben1058]

@@garyburginjr1366 yes, I watch that channel as well. I love when he goes off on Danny in the basement and Jen's meme of learning with fact boy.

[@paulmurray280]

Always enjoy your presentation and contents over your many many videos and understand you quickly move on to the next project. Your research only seems to stumble on one point and that would be on the pronunciation of some places like towns. Maybe Robbie could phonetically write in the script. Maybe not, still love your videos, keep up the great work Simon

[@chonk_fox89]

I still really enjoy the content but it was particularly noticeable/bad in this. It's so weird to me that he doesn't make more of an effort on words he doesn't know or is unsure.

[@kmillerdevx3]

It's been said that there are enough fragments of "the cross" to build a sizeable building.

[@lornadoone8887]

But that’s also been debunked. Of all the fragments collected, I saw an estimate that there is only enough wood to make about a third of what the actual size of the Cross would be intact. Most of the fragments are tiny…. Also an Orthodox Bishop here in the US (+Dimitri Royko), who led a diocese of the Church to which I belong, reposed in 2011 and was interred according to Orthodox tradition (ie., not embalmed). He was disinterred four years after burial to be moved to a chapel annexed to the Cathedral in Dallas built for that purpose. When he was exhumed, it was discovered everything in the burial vault had gotten wet and everything was rotting-except for the corpse! He looked the same as he did the day he died. This sort of thing is attested throughout the history of the Christian Church (Orthodox) with notable members known for their holiness before they died.

[@snufkinhollow318]

There are more bits of Oliver Plunkett usually kept in Drogheda that go 'on tour'. They were in my nearest town on Tuesday. Needless to say I made a special effort not to bother going. (I would pull Simon up on his pronunciation of Drogheda but, to be fair, he butchers a lot of other pronunciations too - even places in the UK!)

[@joanna5535]

I was not expecting a head when I visited the church. I turned around and screamed "Who the fuck keeps a mummified head?!". I must say that the church people were not impressed by my language.

[@Kevin-hp5fk]

That head was a fucking shock when we went there. Driving from home in Dublin to see some relatives and my father says "They've got Oliver Plunkets head on display in that church". We didn't believe him. But yeah, a mumified head with a permanent grimace left over from him realising he was being hanged.

[@garethcorcoran6133]

Drock Heed Dah. Lol. Its Draw Head Dah. The G and H are silent in Ireland. Like the name Carragher. Its Car A Her. Not Car Rig Her.

[@joanna5535]

@@Kevin-hp5fk I lived there for a while, and my boyfriend decided to show me the all the town had to offer. Have you been to the Protestant cemetery? It’s quite beautiful and has got lots of interesting stories. There’s also a carving on the wall of two skeletons where people would go to catch a Pokémon 🙄

[@flyingisaac2186]

Not pronouncing the 'g' captures it mostly. I should visit the relic.

[@boudicaastorm4540]

The blood one is interesting. It's kind of hard to blame people back in the day for thinking such a thing was supernatural when it is not something normal chemicals would be seen to do.

[@francisfischer7620]

You are a hoot! Bless you and thank you for looking at the world with a bit of a chuckle. Francis

[@daveduna1]

I feel like worshipping foreskin and drinking dirt water is something that would have been in a Criminal Minds episode.

[@susanrobinson910]

No doubt Reid would be able to give a history on whatever is being discussed! 😂

[@eyjay1508]

Instead we should be worshipping streamers and drinking gamergirl bathwater instead right?

[@daveduna1]

@@eyjay1508 I think both options are equally retarded. But if those are the only options you see, then by all means, you do you.

[@rong1924]

I visited a church in Germany last year. The saint of the church had been murdered (martyred) by highway robbers while on church business. There was a gold statue of him in the back of the church. He was in a pose of making a blessing upon onlookers, and had a knife sticking out of his neck.

[@supercoolcol1]

Simon, I'm from Drogheda. Famous for. The Battle of the Boyne. Cromwell massacre of the town And now your video on Plunketts Head. Haven't we suffered enough! P.S Drogheda is actually pronounced Drawda. Dro

[@ailbeburns4564]

Also when he is showing wat two olivers look like he has them in the wrong order oliver Cromwell is on the right not left

[@MrRussiancoma]

As a reformed catholic and subsequent non-believer, I have however a huge appreciation for the beautiful works of art that religion has inspired. The church had all the money, so that's where the classic masters turned to, think the Vatican and its huge collection of art. It's a shame that the artists did not get credit for much if the master work done there..

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Mostly out of humility - they were viewed as craftsmen (like cobblers or tailors or cooks) rather than geniuses. And their work was seen to be in the service of God rather than their own ego.

[@TheLeonhamm]

The 'Church' whatever you mean by that .. did not have 'all' the money, nor even most of it. Wealthy people, sick of their avarice - or to demonstrate just how rich they were, either donated vast sums for charity purposes or spent it on their own local church buildings (btw, the only place most people could go without charge, permission or invitation). What then has changed today .. the hyper-wealthy have gone back to Pagan Rome, lavishing vast riches on vanity projects, politically-motivated do-gooding, or imposing their will on the poor (calling it 'charity', but in fact demanding that the poor endure fanciful treatments to cure what can be dealt with via ordinary healthcare precautions, draining stagnant swamps, providing clean water, washing hands etc). But who wants to hear that .. it's boring. ;o)

[@truecynic1270]

Mr. Whistler, I very much enjoy your videos, particularly those with a historic sense. Thank you for educating me!! (and I will continue to watch your segments! You are a wonderful !!! teacher!!!

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:40 - Chapter 1 - The blood of san januarius 3:50 - Chapter 2 - The head of saint olivier plunkett 6:00 - Chapter 3 - Tongue & jaw of saint anthony 8:00 - Chapter 4 - Virgin Mary's breast milk 9:50 - Chapter 5 - The holy foreskin

[@Tactical_Hotdog]

We watched the video too...

[@bicivelo]

I lost it at the fart sound at 10:40! Lol

[@marco_cee_]

You got Cromwell and Plunkett's pictures mixed up!

[@tigrant2090]

You have the Olivers' images muddled. Cromwell is on the right ! Otherwise v. interesting

[@skinned66]

Unquestionably. To err is human. To be beheaded and revered is nonsense 😏

[@arfnore]

After your pronunciation of drogheda, I couldn't help wondering if this is how japanese people felt after watching any of your japanese biographics videos

[@beanosbeanos956]

I wonder if there are enough body part relics to sew them all together and make like a super holy frankenstein's monster

[@Jimoshi1]

most of this shit is fake and made long after actual bodies rotted from animals and random dead.

[@samielkhayri9272]

Judaism dates back thousands of years BC, not to the first century BC.

[@joemackey1950]

In addition a saint is "canonised" not "ordained". 5:09

[@ryandowney8743]

Oh, I wish this had been a Brain Blaze. The laughing fits and asides would have been epic!

[@dylc5604]

Drug heada is an accurate description of many inhabitants of Drogheda

[@seaoftranquility7228]

They’re interesting, but they’re no pieces of toast.

[@dsnodgrass4843]

The whole "fragments of the True Cross" business is worth a whole video in itself. Utterly ludicrous.

[@CurrieNerd]

That was covered pretty well in the first series of Black Adder. Along with selling sexual favours from nuns.

[@pamelamays4186]

This video can easily be "reimagined" as a Brain Blaze episode!🧠🔥

[@pippahamilton3304]

I’ve seen Oliver Plunketts head - it was kinda cool! You’re pronunciation of Drogheda was hilarious though!!!

[@laurabustos6560]

The holy foreskin would be a great name for a punk band 😂🤘🤘🤘

[@Hykje]

There are enough pieces of the "True Cross" to build a forest -or two.

[@Meladjusted]

@SideProjects: You've got the names under the wrong portraits at 4:08. The easiest tell is that the Plunkett portrait would obviously be the one of the man in religious garb. But that portrait of Cromwell is also a really well-known one.

[@SBM_24]

"Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool" - Mark Twain

[@Kevin-hp5fk]

Mark Twain was full of snappy remarks that had absolutely nothing behind them. A lot of early religions were very useful to the development of society, things such as kosher and halal allowed people to keep food safe to eat and since they didn't understand the science they invented gods and religious rules. Granted we've outgrown any true usefulness of religion in society now, but religion was key to our development and was soundly based on logic at the time. If you need an eclipse and know nothing of the sun, moon and planets and how they orbit it makes perfect sense to assume a being is controlling it.

[@sksksksl]

@@Kevin-hp5fk How was Mark Twain wrong? What you say is true, but you must admit that many people go into religion in order to gain power and money. Look at the Catholic Church. Look at folks like Joel Osteen. I could give you thousands of names of people who have only money in mind and milking and manipulating ignorant and superstitious people.

[@Kevin-hp5fk]

@@sksksksl Go back and read what I said. But I'll give you the TL;DR version since you didn't get past the first sentence. Religion in ancient times = good for society. Religion now = bad for society.

[@lesbg3517]

@@Kevin-hp5fk Bollocks, religion held the development of society back by believing stories from bronze age peasants and causing more deaths than would have happened without religion.

[@kathrynhowell2192]

So true

[@nigelreilly]

4:08 you have the names of the olivers on the wrong pictures

[@DaveedaLoca]

How can you say "The Holy Foreskin" with a straight face tho 😂

[@jessejoyce1295]

Maybe the magical foreskin ascended into heaven, a couple millenia late. It is magical, after all. By the way, you should cover some Buddhist relics next, I know they have his tooth (at least according to the Tibetans).

[@paulroberts7620]

it got bored sitting about so went home 😂

[@MissSpaz]

The thing is that Jesus wouldn't have any foreskin. He was a Jew. His foreskin would've been removed shortly after birth lmao

[@MissSpaz]

Also I think he's gone over Buddha's tooth in a different video

[@debl-s5677]

You mean He finally noticed it was gone?

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

You mixed up the pictures of Cromwell and Plunkett! Good thing you haven't made a Biographics episode about either fellow...

[@parsleypalace3272]

4:03 - Pictures incorrectly captioned. Olivers are transposed. Probably would be good to correct, as the most famous painting of Oliver Cromwell is captioned, Oliver Plunkett.

[@AccidentalNinja]

Venerating a burial shroud is weird, almost as weird as venerating an execution device... Edit: Do no other religions have weird relics?

[@itsapittie]

That was my question. I'd be surprised if they don't. It would make an interesting episode.

[@maverick7291]

The cross represents what it stands for. The shroud has alot of spiritual value since it's allegedly the time of his resurrection. So having the cloth he had on him during this transition is kind of a big thing. Not a fan of all relics but certain relics have more meaning and importance than others.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

That shroud has been tested using carbon dating techniques, and was found to be from the medieval period. Of course, there are plenty of people who don’t believe that. What can you do 🤷‍♂️

[@rubiconnn]

Doesn't the old testament say that worshipping idols as a sin? Pretty sure god went nuts on the guys worshipping a golden bull but if the church does it it's okay.

[@maverick7291]

@@rubiconnn venerating is not the same as worshipping but I can see how some people, even some Catholics who are less knowledgeable about their own religion would confuse that. Same thing goes with praying for saints to intervene for them.

[@inkognito5945]

I think you mixed up the pictures of Plunkett and Cromwell at 4:08

[@golfgrabu]

The heart of Alfred Bessette (Saint Brother André) is kept at the Saint Joseph's Oratory since 1937. It was stolen in 1972 and given back in 1973 and not shown to the public since.

[@adrianemberley]

Should NOT have watched this while eating lunch on my work break 😝😆😆 My own fault. I also truly love how serious Simon is on this channel. I started with the casual criminalist and still is one of my fav channels but this channel is becom in g a close second. Really like what, Simon and all of his team does. Keep up the good work as always guys! 🤘🤘

[@tommiefunk2099]

🎶the middle ages were magic!🎶

[@dannyleahy1546]

We are going to have to talk about how you pronounce Irish names and places 😂

[@jsvenier]

Or Padua for that matter

[@masterpython]

The local Catholic fancy hat dude complained about Body Worlds when it came through town...

[@MichaelZieschang]

Are the names changed on Oliver Plunkett´s and Oliver Cromwell´s pictures ?

[@yobgodababua1862]

Fun fact: There is a physical relic of a confirmed saint in EVERY consecrated Catholic altar. Finger bones seem to be the most common.

[@godamid4889]

Can you imagine being indoctrinated to the point where you would be excited to pay a business to cut up your relative and stick bits of their body into tables and ship them around the world?

[@seafossil2221]

The Vatican does not want anyone to know this but if you defeat the priest and congregation at every catholic church then combine every holy relic you took from the altars it will summon the Pope for you to fight as the final boss. It's kind of like Pokemon

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Lots of saints, lots of fingers, lots of bones

[@nckoes]

I was hoping someone would bring this up. The removable of the relic is part of the deconsecration ceremony- when a Roman Catholic church is closed.

[@ariandnesiosana9362]

no, its no longer required, most modern churches dont have, speaking from the philippines.

[@AnantBhan]

Soo, was that name switch on purpose @4:09?

[@jadenephrite]

Regarding 0:24, Simon Whistler is wrong when he said that Judaism dates back to the First Century BC. Instead Judaism dates back to the First Millennium BC and Christianity dates back to the First Century CE.

[@Catseye189]

2:33 like the groundhog seeing his shadow?

[@peterwoodhouse3239]

You have the imaged swapped. Oliver Cromwell is shown as Oliver Plunkett and vice versa

[@ericdavis7779]

What is the sound track played between each one

[@JokerLokison]

Brother Maynard! Bring forth The Holy Foreskin of Antioch!!

[@ant-1382]

Love these videos, well presented, and to the point. Catholic Church has some strange relics. Went to view an exhibit many years ago, and yes the craftsmanship of the vessels is amazing. Particularly like the St. Anthony relic. My mother named me after this St. never really new much about him, except the lost and found thing. I'm in sales I find it ironic that I earn my living with my tongue.

[@sh3junior]

Anyone would address the sound at 10:40

[@Onora619]

You can see Simon's personal opinion in his eyes. He's trying to be respectful, but you see "this is gross and BS"

[@als3022]

He is better at hiding it on this channel than some of his others. I don't think he wants to be respectful I think depending on the channel depends on what they make him do.

[@Black-Sun__x]

Rude and lacking integrity , that's our Simon. The betas gotta have someone to look up to after all.

[@thesupergreenjudy]

I think it's just a way to slowly turn people against people who have any sort of religion. It stereotypes people and just nurtures feelings of superiority which we really don't need any more of.

[@archstanton6102]

@@Black-Sun__x Yes, you should always be totally respectful when discussing absolutely made-up myths and lies in religions that have persecuted thousands of people for not fully believing in them.

[@Black-Sun__x]

@@archstanton6102 i don't care about that part , he spreads disinformation for money. He's literally the worst.

[@cg7959]

Why are Plunkett and Cromwell's pictures swapped?

[@palindrome1959]

You got the pictures backwards at the beginning of the Plunkett segment.

[@rowen42069]

4:10 you had one job

[@enrohtwac13]

Your paintings of Oliver Plunkett and Oliver Cromwell are the wrong way round :)

[@Anon-jg7uj]

I am mildly impressed that blaze boi did not make a guest appearance. Simon is truly the very picture of professionalism.

[@Anon-jg7uj]

@You're Gonna Hate This ------Joke-------> Your head.

[@plasenticusfeeticus9422]

I mean I worship group B rally cars in a way so… to each their own.

[@laurabustos6560]

I think, out of all of Simon's many, many channels, this one has the best music.

[@rt_huxley9205]

Sideprojects: Check out all these Gross Catholic dedications to saints! Also Sideprojects: THESE 5000 YEAR OLD MUMMIES ARE THE SHIT YO!

[@eduardovazquez9356]

fix the graphic at 4:08

[@MegaJohno98]

you got the pictures of the two Oliver's mixed up! i live in the town Cromwell was born in, unfortunately his face pops up everywhere

[@BeesWaxMinder]

4:08 - … I think you got those portraits the wrong way round?!🤔

[@lazy_lefty]

I think you guys accidentally got the labels flipped on the side by side pictures of Cromwell and Plunkett lol

[@JTSpinnin]

Thank you Simon. I enjoyed that.

[@sierravortec2494]

Religion…forever bringing out the absolute worst and weirdest of humanity

[@mbathroom1]

Because atheism had been so much better lol

[@Lunch_Meat]

No. We as humans bring out the worst in ourselves no matter what. If it's not religious ideology and dogma, it's political ideology and dogma. Or it's an ideology of justice, or economics, or even weirder things like celebrity worship. There's an old saying "every movement and belief has but one weakness, no matter how noble it's begining and intentions, and that weakness is only one word long: people"

[@sierravortec2494]

@@Lunch_Meat yea, nicely put, I agree!

[@hainsleyflyer9485]

A clear distinction should be made between the words “worship” and “venerate.” According to the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, one only worships God, the entity in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit/Ghost). The term “veneration” is used for any relic of a saint (bone or skin fragment, skull, fabric from garments) or icons or statues to offer reverence towards that saint for their impact on the church. Their relics and images help connect the followers to them and to God Himself, as the saints intercede and pray on behalf of us before God. Incorrupt relics (relics not having decayed over decades or centuries) are extremely rare and according to the Church tradition, shows that persons holiness in the face of God and they are worthy of being remembered, venerated, honored, and emulated.

[@jeanmkaufmann]

I think your editor mislabled the Olivers

[@gregchambers6100]

The Shroud is only 800 years old, proven false by geometry and the iron ink used (probably by Leonardo) was not blood or 'spiritual carbon'.

[@hankw69]

We have the Gospel. We don't need relics or 'give me your money for Jesus' miracle men.

[@steel8231]

The shrouds outline of a person also appears to have been made with something like a Laser according to testing, which is weird because there's proof like pictures of it from before lasers were invented.

[@gregchambers6100]

@@hankw69 None of the gospels agree on anything.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

@@gregchambers6100 That is definitely not true. They are not always consistent, but to say they don't agree on anything is definitely not true.

[@gregchambers6100]

@@owenshebbeare2999 Evil cults always start brainwashing children from birth. The only way to be free is to learn AND USE the scientific method, the ONLY method for determining what is true or not. If you really care what is true, why not employ it?

[@Adeodatus100]

In the Baroque era there was a fashion in parts of Europe (particularly southern Germany) for dressing and posing entire skeletons of minor saints and displaying them in glass cases above or near the altar. Ottobeuren Basilica has a particularly fine collection - google it.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@GrinninPig]

Good boy

[@fidoruh]

It was just posted. How far into the opening monolog were you when you said this?

[@MastinoNapoletano420]

And you start out with San Gennaro 😁 who there likes Naples? The area pops up a lot in your videos.

[@256NatLiz]

Been playing "How many of these are Christian relics?" this whole vid. Did not disappoint.

[@DanteTheAbyssalBeing]

The ability of believers to extrude the wildest confirmation bias stories from rotting corpses is something to be admired.

[@TheInfinitySystem]

IKR? Kinda like Fox News...

[@puppetguy8726]

4:13 Switched the name up 😉

[@bradbraddersbradley]

4:08 You got the names mixed up Hahha You could have restarted the troubles

[@lollopollo231]

YAAAAAS SAINT JANUARIUUUUS NAPLES REPRESEEENT Btw some lore about Januarius: the chapel where the treasury (estimates say that it is the most precious in christianity) and the blood are stored aren’t a church property but a property of the People of Naples (by papal concession), so priests can enter it only if the popular congregation give them the red light. If you ever visit the Naples Cathedral you’ll see that the tiles used in the main church and the chapel are different, to separate the two properties. When they have to take the blood out of the safe in the chapel for one of the 4 yearly processions they need to use 4 keys, two are carried by the bishop and the other two by the representative of the people. It’s a unicum in all catholicism, where the relics are not property of the Church and they need to ask permission, if the representative of the people isn’t there they cannot do anything. The relationship between Januarius and neapolitans is really peculiar and everybody shows some type of devotion or relationship in his regards. For example I’m an atheist but everytime I need to take a difficult decision I go to the chapel, just to stay quiet and think about what I have to do.

[@Iamthelolrus]

How about a video on places and items with significance to multiple religions?

[@sherrieludwig508]

There is a difference between worship and venerate. To worship is to view that which is worshiped as divine, i.e., a god. To venerate is to hold in high regard, but not view that which is venerated as divine in and of itself. I may venerate my mother's memory, but I do not worship it.

[@2009ianodoyle]

its pronounced like Draw-he-da. I understand Drogheda is unusually spelt 🤣🤣🤣 us bloody Irish 🤣🤣🤣🇮🇪

[@rushthezeppelin]

Actually we do have one relic of the Blessed Virgin, her veil which is held in the cathedral at Chatres in France.

[@ariasmataleno2823]

Objectively, all religions have weird stuff, that's why it's called "faith," it's a leap in belief.

[@stevestolarczyk8972]

Curious how you arrived at a date of 1st century BC for the start of Judaism. There seems to be ample evidence for a much earlier date.

[@HeyMJ.]

The Shroud was proved to be a fake. A good one, but still a fake..

[@MrISkater]

When?

[@Astronic]

Maybe it's best for everyone if the holy forskin is lost. Btw - isn't "The Holy Forskins" a great punk band name?

[@carpaltunneler286]

As a kid, me and my siblings were taught a simple "prayer"/ phrase to calm ourselves while we looked asking for St. Anthony's help finding lost stuff. "Tony, Tony, look around. Something's lost that can't be found, _(what you lost)_". Never knew his tongue and jaw were floating around somewhere