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        | Saints: real or fictional? |  
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| Should fictional characters be eligible for Virian illumination (sainthood)? |  
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 | Yes | 1.34 |  (1.91%) |  | No | 68.64 |  (98.09%) |  | 
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 | decisiveness |  |  (67.31%) |  | unvoted equity |  |  (30.02%) |  | voted equity |  |  (69.98%) |  | 
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 | 25 Voters: Ophis, Casey, David Lucifer, the.bricoleur, Walter Watts, Sat, prometheus, Kid-A, ElvenSage, opsima, Matt Arnold, michelle, outlawpoet, DrSebby, MoEnzyme, Alex Future Bokov, DJ dAndroid, Drakeo Vortex, chippedlogic, Pabreetzio, simul, pickler, Hermit, goomba, teh, |  
 | voter | voted for | comment |  | Ophis | No 
 | Fictional characters can be a good source of inspiration, but sainthood should be reserved for entities who had to make choices and sacrifices for what they believed in. |  | Casey | No 
 | no comment |  | David Lucifer | No 
 | no comment |  | the.bricoleur | No 
 | huh? |  | Walter Watts | No 
 | no comment |  | Sat | private | no comment |  | prometheus | private | no comment |  | Kid-A | No 
 | no comment |  | ElvenSage | No 
 | no comment |  | opsima | No 
 | A saint should be someone one can aspire towards. Fictional characters arise from their author's imagination, and its hard to aspire towards a figment of someone's creation. |  | Matt Arnold | Yes 
 | There is no real person who should be sainted. Any worthy role-model is just an abstraction. |  | michelle | Yes 
 | A saint's life is a parable, why not allow fiction?  It's the illustration that counts. |  | outlawpoet | Yes 
 | no comment |  | DrSebby | No 
 | too easy.  in fact just one 'perfect' saint could be conjured up, making the whole deal rather silly. |  | MoEnzyme | No 
 | no comment |  | Alex Future Bokov | No 
 | no comment |  | DJ dAndroid | No 
 | But rather another category? Icons - or... something? |  | Drakeo Vortex | private | no comment |  | chippedlogic | private | no comment |  | Pabreetzio | No 
 | no comment |  | simul | No 
 | no comment |  | pickler | No 
 | no comment |  | Hermit | No 
 | Some "historical" characters are likely fictional (e.g. Jesus, King David) and some fictional characters likely had prototypes (Prometheus). Still I suggest that we select those we weyken to be real. Reality bites. |  | goomba | No 
 | no comment |  | teh | No 
 | no comment |  |  |