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"I don't like much about our times. All this humbug about the corpse of another Pope. The world is not that much diminished by his passing. The world was, however, diminished by the passing of Ray Charles and J. Hunter Thompson. As far as the Christianity of the USA goes, it is not the Pope, but Jimmy Carter who, as the only truly devout Christian President in our time, keeps the memory of a country with Christian aspirations alive, even when its present government is busy abolishing the freedoms of its citizens, and its adherence to decency, as well as...

In a post yesterday in the Yahoo Groups called "orthodox-tradition", an Orthodox Christian hierarch, Bishop Tikhon, claimed that America is "terrorizing" people in Fallujah, and once again said that "terrorism is the approved technique of our armed forces." The verbatim posts made by the Bishop are included below with the date/time stamp and the corresponding Yahoo Group message number. Bishop Tikhon, post on Wed Nov 10, 2004 @ 8:33 pm Message No: 62204 (Yahoo Groups) ========================================================================== From: Bishop Tikhon Date: Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:33 pm Subject: Re: [paradosis] America holds the all-time record for terrorism. That's right. Terrorism is...