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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

bvf

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2. Isn't that what indulgences were all about

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 08:59 AM

Jan 2015

back in the day?

Or was that more a matter of paying up front for "offenses" already committed to get one's ass out of purgatory more quickly?

Either way, there's still one born every minute.

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Is it legal to take advantage of woo-believers? [View all] DetlefK Jan 2015 OP

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