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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>During the Spanish Flu one of the cities with the highest death toll was Zamora in Spain. Their church officials had comparable ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Talking about the Spanish Flu… the book “Pale rider” is a very interesting read. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Von:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>Im Auftrag von </b>SR Ballard via extropy-chat<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 16. März 2020 16:26<br><b>An:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Cc:</b> SR Ballard <sen.otaku@gmail.com><br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [ExI] greeks are plotting to kill thousands, perhaps millions<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Oh no. Very bad news.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>SR Ballard<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Mar 16, 2020, at 11:11 AM, spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:#F9F9F9'>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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-14/church-religious-groups-say-coronavirus-cannot-infect-them/12055476">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-14/church-religious-groups-say-coronavirus-cannot-infect-them/12055476</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F9F9F9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111'>"But once we decide to go to church, we believe there is absolutely no possibility of contracting disease from the holy cup," he said.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:#F9F9F9;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111'>"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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111;background:#F9F9F9'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe to the contrary on that.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>