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2005/11/05 06:23:53
Subject: Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Please delete this double post.
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Current Armies: Blood Angels, Imperial Guard (40k), Skorne, Retribution (Warmachine), Vampire Counts (Fantasy)
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2009/01/28 02:55:11
Subject: Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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dont think so
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2009/01/30 16:19:58
Subject: Re:Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Bounding Ultramarine Assault Trooper
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Seeing as how most of the Space Marines are not part of the Imperial Cult, they would not care if you named them a Saint or not. However, they could be named as a Saint, and the people could pray to them I guess.
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I can still remember when a box of 30 Space Marines was $30.00. Now THAT'S old school! In fact, I started playing in the Rogue Trader days...yes, I am that old. Played Warhammer Fantasy for years before Rogue Trader even came out...
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2009/01/30 16:38:32
Subject: Re:Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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Declared by whom?
The ecclesiarcy may use "saints", but space marines are not "allied" to them.
So space marines may be venerated by the citizens. I doubt this turns into a "promotion" to saint. 
OTOH the reason to leave was for some primarchs to be seen as semi-god and i can imagine similar problems occuring
if a story is becoming a legend and the "hero" gets enlarged to a true "god of war",which could happen to space marines.
Superior abilities may lead to a false picture of the servants of the emperor and his "angels of death" may be seen as
exactly this: Angels sent by the god-emperor to smite humanitys foes.
Enough simple minded creatures on the scene and what is a military operation ends up with statues of the space marines
as "Saints". 
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In dedicatio imperatum ultra articulo mortis.
H.B.M.C :
We were wrong. It's not the 40k End Times. It's the Trademarkening.
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2009/02/03 01:01:57
Subject: Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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No, they can't be sainted, but they can be made into a hero of the empire, and have a banner made for them. the banner would then be displayed at the path to the throne.
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2009/02/03 01:56:46
Subject: Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Rampaging Carnifex
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They probably do such rediculously bada$$ things so regularly that sainting Space Marines would become tedious in the extreme so they just quit and only venerate the most extreme cases, which is almost never.
(god help me I'm Catholic and forgot the word...benedicting?)
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Dakka. You need more of it. No exceptions.
You ask me for an evil hamburger. I hand you a raccoon.-Captain Gordino
What are you talking about? They're Space Marines, which are heroic. They need to be able to do all the heroic stuff. They fight aliens and don't afraid of anything. -Orkeosarus
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2009/02/03 19:48:35
Subject: Re:Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Im sure it can happen. Like others have said a SM would care very little for that title. Unless they are feeling the taint of chaos. Then OTOH that could end badly. But also Im sure Ive just wrote the starting of many "Chaos Lords" asentions and whatnot 
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2009/02/04 13:52:55
Subject: Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Railguns wrote:
(god help me I'm Catholic and forgot the word...benedicting?)
Canonizing
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2009/02/05 04:47:17
Subject: Can a Space Marine be declared a Saint?
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
Sydney
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ALL SPACE MARINES ARE SAINTS
ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS A DIRTY HERETIC
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