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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 08:03:58 -0700
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On Tue, 27 May 2025 18:24:27 +0100, Graham <zotzlists@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 27/05/2025 17:04, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On 26 May 2025 15:53:04 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
>> wrote:
>>=20
>>>
>>>   I have my dictionary right here, and it says, "An event that
>>>   appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to
>>>   be supernatural in origin or an act of God".
>>>
>>>   Oops! Sorry, I was being an "intellectualist" again!
>>=20
>> Just because the intellectuals and atheists won the battle to make
>> that the definition does not change the reality.
>
>   It seems to match the Catholic definition, and they are after all the=
=20
>largest Christian denomination.

They also have a special interest in making them as hard to find as
possible, to keep down the hucksters. And keep the number of new
Saints to a minimum.

But they also have a tendency to keep quiet about popular miracles
that they know are not (by the definition given above) lest they
"disturb the faith of the laity" -- which is to say, the unwashed
masses.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"