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To: jbIII who wrote (8256)	1/1/1999 2:12:00 PM
From: N	Respond to of 62578

Thanks much, John. Wow! DQ was really great...better than I remembered. And thanks for the context and resources.... Back to topic...from one of the funniest people, in my opinion, Christopher Hitchens from the Nation '...Bear in mind always the injunction of David Hume when confronted by a miracle ask yourself: Which is more likely -- that the laws of nature have been suspended? Or that I am under a misapprehension? Of course, in our age of progress and improvement, astrologers can get on the internet and "miracles" can actually occur in prime time. Take the case of Our Lady of Nashville. On October 15 last, in the Bongo Java Coffeehouse of that most rhythmic of cities, an employee named Ryan Finney got himself a cinnamon bun and raised it to his open jaws. Some divine impulse made him glance down as his mandibles were about to close, and he saw the image of "Mother" Theresa of Calcutta on, so to speak, the roll. Witnesses of the apparition were so impressed that they stored the delicacy in the freezer. Then a group of Bongo Java employees teamed up, found a director and made a one minute documentary titled "A Music City Miracle". It could not be long -- and was not -- before a franchise outlet was formed, selling T-shirts, prayer cards and coffee mugs "to go with". Just around Christmastime, in a typically seasonal move, The Tennessean ran a cover story on the NunBun. Other networks and news agencies then carried the story of the holy roll, which is now copyrighted and enjoys its own web site. On this same site, morons the world over have registered their awe. ("This should be an example to the people of this planet that God is indeed watching us and Judgement Day is approaching faster than people realize.") A few skeptics have also kicked in, with profane observations such as "Who is without cin'amon'us?" ...'