From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ihuxr!lew Newsgroups: net.flame Title: Re: miracles Article-I.D.: ihuxr.318 Posted: Thu Feb 3 12:09:05 1983 Received: Fri Feb 4 07:45:37 1983 Reply-To: lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.) I think it was Francis Bacon who remarked, "The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses." I think it was also he that related the story of the sailor who, when shown the site of a chapel built in thanks to God by the survivors of a shipwreck, inquired, "Where is the chapel built by them that was drowned?" Lew Mammel, Jr. ihuxr!lew