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Re: [HOE] [Hopler] Scattered Coast/Lynchberg ?s



At 12:42 PM 10/12/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Nick Zachariasen wrote:

>> I have to agree here.  What exactly IS simony anyway? I suppose I could
grab
>> a dictionary, but I'm too lazy for that :) .
>
>As far as I could tell, the act of selling your soul to the devil for
>compensation.
>
>At least, that's what Google told me. :-)
>
>SeanMike

Comes from Simon Magus, in the book of acts, who tried to pay the Apostles
money to learn how to work miracles.
I'd say it's got a certain amount of application for any leftover hucksters.

Phil