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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Worship of corpses by Christians
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Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 05:21:53 EDT
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In article <1190@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> speter@athena.mit.edu (Peter Osgood) writes:
>It is true that those who went before us buried Popes, especially,
>in the Vatican, St. Peter's, and other places.  HOWEVER, by and
>large, the practice of worshipping these "corpses" is long since
>past, it is history.
>
>				---peter osgood--

Well, Peter, I can only assume that you haven't been to the center of your
religion, St. Peter's.  Corpse fragments are still proudly and openly
displayed there.  Many European churches have treasyured relics with
purported miraculous powers.  Remind me to tell you the story of "DON'T KISS
THE FEET!" sometime....

Your statement also misses the point - the corpses in question were NOT
buried, but torn apart and saved by various individuals and churches, often
in prominent places.
-- 
Tim Maroney, Electronic Village Idiot
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