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Well, I'm convinced now -religion IS a mental illness.

In article <3f02aacf.39178677@news.shenhgts.net>, Ed Conrad
<edconrad@shenhgts.net> wrote:

> Proof of Lfe After Death, being handed you on a silver platter.
> ===============================================
> 
> Who are you going to believe? Members of the Pseudoscientific
> Establishment who for decades have ignored -- and played games with --
> solid evidence in order to protect their vested interests?
> 
> Or me, someone who has long been aware -- and have said so -- that
> "experts" in certain disciplines of science are a disgrace and an
> embarrasment to the sacred word Truth.
> 
>                             ==============
> 
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/prooflogo.gif
> 
> The question of whether God exists has been the subject
> of controversy probably as long as people have been able
> to talk -- and argue.
> 
> If He does exist, God certainly doesn't often make it
> obvious, undoubtedly for some very good reason.
> 
> But every once in awhile, He allows the incredible reality
> of His existence -- and His awesome power -- to be known
> in the most unlikely sort of way.
> 
> It not only provides the evidence that He is, but also offers
> the proof that life certainly doesn't end when you or your
> loved ones die. 
> 
> This, of course, is what happened back in August 1963 
> when a pair of lowly rather insignificant coal miners were
> entombed more than 300 feet below the surface following
> a cave-in inside a mine in Pennsylvania's anthracite region. 
> 
> David Fellin, 58, and Henry "Hank" Throne, 28, seemed 
> destined to die a horrible death because their chance
> of being rescued was astronomical, probably even worse.
> 
> However, when all hope seemed gone, God stepped in,
> flicked His finger and, all of a sudden, Pope John XXIII 
> -- who had died in a hospital in Rome, Italy, 10 weeks earlier --
> appeared to Fellin and Throne in their pitch-black tomb,
> radiating a bluish light that cast no shadow. 
> 
> Pope John, half the age of the old man he was when he
> passed away, was grinning at the two miners, his arms folded
> in front of him, and he remained  inside their subterranean
> chamber for at least eight full days. 
> 
> It was in the 14th day of the ordeal that the most incredible 
> mining rescue of all time took place as Throne, then Fellin,
> were hauled to the surface through a bore hole, wearing
> football helmets and parachute harnesses. 
> 
> After being entombed for 14 days -- the first 5 1/2 without any
> contact whatsoever with the outside world and the last 7 1/2
> during a phenomenal rescue operation watched by people
> around the world in complete fascination --the two miners
> finally were safe on the surface, a most happy ending that was
> front-page news in every newspaper throughout the Free World.
> 
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/proof1.jpg
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/remember.gif
>  
> 
> Okay, so God didn't actually stick His visible presence -- His
> blessed Nose -- into the making of the many miracles that
> had taken place inside the mine. But, being All-Wise, He
> had sent a fitting ambassador to "supervise" the rescue
> operation to make sure the miners would come out alive. 
> 
> God undoubtedly had picked Pope John for this particular
> job because, during his lifetime, his incredible humility had shone
> like a beacon, even after he had become world famous. 
> 
>  And that humility was never more obvious than on Christmas
> Day in 1958 -- beloved Pope John's very first Christmas at 
> the Vatican -- when, on the spur of the moment, he decided
> to pay an impromptu visit to a prison in Rome that housed
> the city's most hardened convicts. 
> 
> When Pope John entered the outer reaches of the prison, 
> both Vatican and prison staff expressed concern for his safety 
> but breathed a sigh of relief realizing that impenetrable bars
> of steel offered sufficient protection from the usually angry
> men on the other side. 
> 
> Imagine, then, how stunned they must've been when Pope
> John, smiling and waving to the prisoners who were some
> distance away, suddenly ordered the main cell door opened 
> because he said he wanted to go inside. 
> 
> When Pope John entered the cell block, these so-called 
> hardened criminals dropped to their knees and began applauding
> this incredible gesture of love and compassion for his fellow man.
> 
> 
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/popejail2.jpg
> 
> That's why it isn't difficult to figure out why God, when He
> needed a fitting representative to keep a pair of crusty miners
> from their appointment with certain death, certainly couldn't 
> have made a better choice. 
> 
> This is because Angelo Roncalli, who had spent the twilight 
> of his life spreading sunshine as Pope John XXIII, tried to unite
> people of all different faiths and yet respected those who did not
> believe. He was a true brother in the Brotherhood of Man -- and
> it was just coincidental that he happened to be a priest. 
> 
> The clear, unmistakable fact is that Pope John XXIII was one
> of the 20th Century's most noble, most admired and most loved
> personalities. 
> 
> Obviously, that's why even God liked him. 
> 
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> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/proofbible.jpg
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/proofpope.jpg
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/proof7bw.jpg
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/chronolgy.gif
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/fellinquote.gif
> > http://www.edconrad.com/lifeafterdeath/thronequote.gif
> 
> Proof of Life After Death
> and
> Man as Old as Coal
> 
> > http://www.edconrad.com
>

On 04 Jul 2003, Rufio <rufio@rufio.edu> tapped on a keyboard and the 
electrons formed this:

> Well, I'm convinced now -religion IS a mental illness.

I figured that out when I was about 14 years old.

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