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In a message dated 97-10-21 09:27:06 EDT, you write: > Skepticism about doubtful relics can be found also in Nicholas of cusa, > who attacked the Bleeding Host cult at Wilsnack for diverting the faithful > from the mysteries of the faith. > > tom izbicki > This is an interesting point, because I'm wondering if the words miraculous and magical might be essentially subjective. If you believe in something, or find it consistent with faith, you call it a miracle--a gift of God. If you think God had no hand in it, and it's just superstitious people or the practice of "forbidden" arts, you dismiss it as magic. Here we have faith contrasted to cult, also essentiaaly subjective. pat sloane %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%