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J.R.R. Tolkien, candidate for sainthood
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Steve Morrison
2017-09-24 01:11:38 UTC
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I saw it earlier this week:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y9w2ygmt
Wayne Brown
2017-09-25 21:34:43 UTC
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Post by Steve Morrison
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y9w2ygmt
So I guess now there'll be a patron saint of elves, dwarves and
hobbits. :-)
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Paul S. Person
2017-09-26 16:19:52 UTC
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On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 01:11:38 -0000 (UTC), Steve Morrison
Post by Steve Morrison
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y9w2ygmt
1. Negative reaction:
This is nonsense.
Even by RC standards.
But what can you do?
2. Positive reaction:
By loosening their standards for sainthood, the RCs move ever-closer
to the Protestant assertion that /all/ Christians are Saints.
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"Nature must be explained in
her own terms through
the experience of our senses."
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