Crucifix Works As Advertised

 Subject: Re: When religion is right 
From: James Nicoll
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written

In this article howard wrote:
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>It is interesting that there isn't much modern fantasy where 
>Christian icons have power. Simak had a novel where a piece 
>of the Cross worked as advertised.
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What, you nail someone to a cross and eventually they die?