And we only asked you whether you would declare TESLA a saint? (VIDEO) (POLL)

Some time ago, a group of Serbs from Canada proposed to the Serbian Orthodox Church that the scientist Nikola Tesla be declared a saint.

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The chances of that happening are fifty-fifty.

The Serbian church, in contrast to the Roman Catholic does not have a precisely defined procedure of canonization, the entry into a diptych of the saints implies fulfillment of certain conditions.

Nikola Tesla predicted smartphones in 1926!

In the SOC there are certain conditions that must be met, for example, that a "candidate" for a saint be a true believer or that he suffered for the Serbian faith and the Serbian people ...

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In addition, we asked people from Belgrade if they knew that Tesla was born on this day in 1856, we asked them what they thought, and also whether he should be declared a saint?

Opinions were divided.

Many admirers think that Tesla should be given all the honors due to his achievements and would not mind if he enters the ranks of saints, others, however, strongly opposed this...

- I see no reason why. He really is a great scientist, congratulations to all his achievement, but his place is not among the saints. I think that Patriarch Pavle should be declared a saint first! But since Stepinac already has been, why can't Tesla? - Asks us a young man whom we interviewed.

What do you think?

(Telegraf.co.uk)