Comments on: Letters in the SMH regarding Mary MacKillop’s “sainthood” http://www.atheistconvention.org.au/2009/12/21/letters-in-the-smh-regarding-mary-mackillop%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9csainthood%e2%80%9d/ 2010 Global Atheist Convention Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Stuart Buss http://www.atheistconvention.org.au/2009/12/21/letters-in-the-smh-regarding-mary-mackillop%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9csainthood%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Stuart Buss Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:41:50 +0000 http://www.atheistconvention.org.au/?p=780#comment-149 A black cat crosses my path and I stub my toe. A woman claims to pray to Mary McKillop and has a regression of cancer. Depending on whether one believes in voodoo, one may or may not accept that one thing following another must therefore be causally linked. The Catholic Church encourages voodoo thinking. My local Catholic newspaper, the Record, advertises Saint Peregrine Cancer Kits, which "allow you...to receive God's cmplete healing of spirit, body and soul." Kit includes one 5" resin statue full colour story card Saint Peregrine pocket token (1 1/4" pewter finish) full colour trear-off Saint Peregrine holy card. I suppose that is called a multi-pronged approach to cancer treatment. " A black cat crosses my path and I stub my toe. A woman claims to pray to Mary McKillop and has a regression of cancer. Depending on whether one believes in voodoo, one may or may not accept that one thing following another must therefore be causally linked.
The Catholic Church encourages voodoo thinking.
My local Catholic newspaper, the Record, advertises Saint Peregrine Cancer Kits, which "allow you...to receive God's cmplete healing of spirit, body and soul."
Kit includes
one 5" resin statue
full colour story card
Saint Peregrine pocket token (1 1/4" pewter finish)
full colour trear-off Saint Peregrine holy card.

I suppose that is called a multi-pronged approach to cancer treatment.
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