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Old 05-31-2007, 10:49 AM   #66
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RenaissanceMan wrote
I'm betting it makes more sense if you're on acid, or those mushrooms they were eating at Fatima
Ooh, ooh! I've been to Fatima in Portugal! My ex, a nominal Catholic (or maybe not so nominal; it was hard to know for sure) loved visiting these alleged holy shrines. He also visited Our Lady of Lourdes in France and Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City (I accompanied him on that trip, too).

Fatima was fascinating. They actually sold mannequin limbs there, ostensibly because they possessed the mystical powers to heal things like bursitis, gout or tennis elbow. Many of the folks who visited these shrines were very sincere and, as you can imagine, desperate.

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SteveG wrote
I think you are now faulting it for not answering how it works, which is not what is being addressed.
You are correct, SteveG. C'est la vie.

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