<div dir="ltr">welp, i say don't run around tempting God if you believe, but what do I know. - KV<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:12 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_6542969003866064502WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17);background:rgb(249,249,249) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">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.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-14/church-religious-groups-say-coronavirus-cannot-infect-them/12055476" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-14/church-religious-groups-say-coronavirus-cannot-infect-them/12055476</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0in;background:rgb(249,249,249) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17)">"But once we decide to go to church, we believe there is absolutely no possibility of contracting disease from the holy cup," he said.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0in;background:rgb(249,249,249) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17)">"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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17);background:rgb(249,249,249) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">I believe to the contrary on that.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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