[ExI] greeks are plotting to kill thousands, perhaps millions

[William Flynn Wallace]

Does anyone in this group find the religious peoples' actions surprising?
bill w

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 6:49 PM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 12:13 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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>> *Greek Orthodox churches across the country will allow congregations of
>> hundreds of people to sip wine from the same spoon during mass because "the
>> holy cup cannot carry disease," the Archdiocese said.*
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>> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-14/church-religious-groups-say-coronavirus-cannot-infect-them/12055476
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>> "But once we decide to go to church, we believe there is absolutely no
>> possibility of contracting disease from the holy cup," he said.
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>> "We believe that no disease or illness can exist in holy communion, which
>> we believe is the body and blood of Christ," Reverend Scoutas said.
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> ### Interesting, there is something similar going on in Iran, where a few
> faithful defiantly licked the gate of a shrine in Qom a couple of weeks ago.
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> The story continues with satellite images showing mass graves being dug in
> that city.
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> Rafal
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