Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!mhuxm!pyuxww!pyuxn!rlr From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.misc Subject: Re: RE: St. Christopher Message-ID: <439@pyuxn.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Feb-84 17:59:36 EST Article-I.D.: pyuxn.439 Posted: Fri Feb 3 17:59:36 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 04:38:06 EST References: <462@uofm-cv.UUCP>, <580@sbcs.UUCP>, <532@ihuxq.UUCP> <1984@ihuxf.UUCP> Organization: Central Services Org., Piscataway N.J. Lines: 13 I hate to say it ("No he doesn't."--ED.) but if religions are going to "desanctify" saints and other holy figures on the grounds that they don't have sufficient proof of their existence, how long will it be before they get rid of god? Playing "devil's advocate" here ("OOH, that hurts."--ED.) if St. Christopher has significant symbolic meaning to large numbers of people, how can he be "abolished" while keeping the rest of the religion around? Does it boil down to "my unprovable beliefs are more correct than yours"? (It's just a question) -- Pardon me for breathing... Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr