Granted I was brought up evangelical, not Catholic, but my pastor always would say things like aliens, bigfoot, other cryptids, and most mental disorders were caused by demons. Even some angel sightings were demons in disguise. He also believed the illuminati was controlling the world governments, Israel was perpetually weeks away from getting a red heifer that would allow them to consecrate the materials to rebuild the temple and kick off the end-times. He passed away before Trump 1, and frankly I’d be afraid to see him here for that.
I think it had to meet ritual specifications about purity that always seemed to be just out of reach. They still may have been able to get a pure one, but the websites he looked at always indicated it was so close yet ever not here yet.
Granted I was brought up evangelical, not Catholic, but my pastor always would say things like aliens, bigfoot, other cryptids, and most mental disorders were caused by demons. Even some angel sightings were demons in disguise. He also believed the illuminati was controlling the world governments, Israel was perpetually weeks away from getting a red heifer that would allow them to consecrate the materials to rebuild the temple and kick off the end-times. He passed away before Trump 1, and frankly I’d be afraid to see him here for that.
red heifers aren’t super rare. if they wanted to make it a priority they could have.
I think it had to meet ritual specifications about purity that always seemed to be just out of reach. They still may have been able to get a pure one, but the websites he looked at always indicated it was so close yet ever not here yet.