Word Of The Day

Suffragan:

Known for quoting the words “Hallelujah anyhow” from a gospel song, Harris served as the suffragan, or assisting, bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from 1989 until her retirement in 2002. She later was an assisting bishop in the Diocese of Washington. [“Faith leaders and religion influencers who died in 2020“, Religion News Service]

Even more interestingly, RNS included James Randi in its list of ten noteworthy deaths.

The onetime magician and author was known for his investigation and disproving of faith healers. …

The New York Times reported that the skeptic, known as the “Amazing Randi,” moved from seeking to break the records of illusionist Houdini to exposing falsehoods. It noted he was inquisitive from an early age as a boy attending Sunday school.

“They started to read to me from the Bible,” the newspaper said he recalled in 2016. “And I interrupted and said: ‘Excuse me, how do you know that’s true? It sounds strange.’”

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