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June 19, 2005

Religion or Science?

Maybe it's me, but I think I'd rather have medical science treat me:

A Romanian nun has died after being bound to a cross, gagged and left alone for three days in a cold room in a convent, Romanian police have said.

Members of the convent in north-west Romania claim Maricica Irina Cornici was possessed and that the crucifixion had been part of an exorcism ritual.

Mediafax news agency said Cornici suffered from schizophrenia and the symptoms of her condition caused the priest at the convent and other nuns to believe she was possessed by the devil.

"God has performed a miracle for her, finally Irina is delivered from evil," AFP quoted the priest as saying.

Religion: keeping people stupid through 2005.

Update: Wait, wait, stop the presses! Religion has found a possible cure for SARS!

Scientists conducting research in eastern China have found that a medicine used to treat schizophrenia is effective in treating patients with the deadly
SARS disease.

Whoops, sorry, that says "scientists" and "medicine," doesn't it? My mistake.