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The term secular saint, which has no strict definition, generally refers to someone venerated and respected for contributions to a noble cause, but not recognized as a canonical saint by a religion. The ranks of secular saints, like those of religious ones, are often filled by martyrs. George Orwell began his "Reflections on Gandhi": "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent…" Orwell concluded his essay with an attack on the idea of sainthood but praise for Gandhi:

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  • El término santo secular, que no tiene una definición estricta, generalmente se refiere a alguien venerado y respetado por sus contribuciones a una causa noble, pero no reconocido como santo canónico por una religión. Las filas de los santos seculares, como las de los religiosos, suelen estar llenas de mártires. George Orwell comenzó sus Reflexiones sobre Gandhi: "Los santos siempre deben ser juzgados como culpables hasta que se demuestre su inocencia…" Orwell concluyó su ensayo con un ataque a la idea de la santidad, pero con elogios a Gandhi: Uno puede sentir, como yo, una especie de disgusto estético por Gandhi, uno puede rechazar las afirmaciones de santidad hechas en su nombre (por cierto, él nunca hizo tales afirmaciones), uno también puede rechazar la santidad como un ideal y por lo tanto, siento que los objetivos básicos de Gandhi eran antihumanos y reaccionarios: pero considerado simplemente como un político, y comparado con las otras figuras políticas importantes de nuestro tiempo, ¡qué limpio olor ha logrado dejar atrás!​ El término también se ha aplicado a la comunidad incel, a la que se ha visto referirse al asesino de masas Elliot Rodger como "San Elliot" dentro de los espacios y discursos en línea de la comunidad. Los académicos han sugerido que, aunque la comunidad incel aparentemente no es religiosa, el trato que dan a Rodger sugiere que ha sido designado para una posición que opera funcionalmente como la de un santo dentro de la comunidad.​ (es)
  • The term secular saint, which has no strict definition, generally refers to someone venerated and respected for contributions to a noble cause, but not recognized as a canonical saint by a religion. The ranks of secular saints, like those of religious ones, are often filled by martyrs. George Orwell began his "Reflections on Gandhi": "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent…" Orwell concluded his essay with an attack on the idea of sainthood but praise for Gandhi: One may feel, as I do, a sort of aesthetic distaste for Gandhi, one may reject the claims of sainthood made on his behalf (he never made any such claim himself, by the way), one may also reject sainthood as an ideal and therefore feel that Gandhi's basic aims were anti-human and reactionary: but regarded simply as a politician, and compared with the other leading political figures of our time, how clean a smell he has managed to leave behind! The term has also been applied to the incel community, which has been observed referring to mass-killer Elliot Rodger as 'Saint Elliot' within the online spaces and discourses of the community. Academics have suggested that, while the incel community is apparently nonreligious, their treatment of Rodger suggests that he has been appointed to a position that functionally operates as that of a saint within the community. (en)
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  • El término santo secular, que no tiene una definición estricta, generalmente se refiere a alguien venerado y respetado por sus contribuciones a una causa noble, pero no reconocido como santo canónico por una religión. Las filas de los santos seculares, como las de los religiosos, suelen estar llenas de mártires. George Orwell comenzó sus Reflexiones sobre Gandhi: "Los santos siempre deben ser juzgados como culpables hasta que se demuestre su inocencia…" Orwell concluyó su ensayo con un ataque a la idea de la santidad, pero con elogios a Gandhi: (es)
  • The term secular saint, which has no strict definition, generally refers to someone venerated and respected for contributions to a noble cause, but not recognized as a canonical saint by a religion. The ranks of secular saints, like those of religious ones, are often filled by martyrs. George Orwell began his "Reflections on Gandhi": "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent…" Orwell concluded his essay with an attack on the idea of sainthood but praise for Gandhi: (en)
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