On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 07:57:52PM -0800, Steven Brust wrote: > shrunk *considerably* since the middle ages. Even the Roman Catholic > Church, among the most reactionary segments, has admitted the validity of > evolution, and even confessed that Gallileo was right (though they have not > yet given up on miricles, which have been described "God interrupting > Himself). I think John Paul II has doubled the number of saints. Or something along the lines of "has canonized an amazingly large number". And every canonization requires three miracles... -xx- Damien X-)