Damn right, I know many Catholics that have been discussing rescue missions. Trying to figure out how much force they can get by with...Surlethe wrote:Really? I think it seems obvious that Catholics would react with shock and outrage at someone smuggling a communion wafer out of the eucharist. After all, absurd as the ritual may be, it is quite literally the most important part of the mass, which is the most important part of a Catholic's week. They believe it is a deity.
I wonder if anyone has tried what I'd do. Knock on his door and go "Okay you had your fun now GIVE!"
Geez this would be like me going someones house and stealing one of there most prized possessions (The Eucharist is considered onloan until you consume it as I understand it).
I am shocked he hasn't been ambushed yet...I don't know if you could predict a reaction that includes death threats and calling for hate-crime prosecution, but you could definitely predict some sort of irate reaction. But then, I grew up Catholic; what seems obvious to me about Catholics may not be obvious to everyone.
Also I got this from the Catholic League in my inbox (oh Chewie if the CL is one guy with a server, fax and lots of time he is doing a DAMN good job single handed)
From here
I make no comment....
MINNESOTA PROF PLEDGES TO DESECRATE EUCHARIST
July 10, 2008
Paul Zachary Myers, a professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, has pledged to desecrate the Eucharist. He is responding to what happened recently at the University of Central Florida when a student walked out of Mass with the Host, holding it hostage for several days. Myers was angry at the Catholic League for criticizing the student. His post can be accessed from his faculty page on the university’s website.
Here is an excerpt of his July 8 post, “It’s a Frackin’ Cracker!”:
“Can anyone out there score me some consecrated communion wafers?” Myers continued by saying, “if any of you would be willing to do what it takes to get me some, or even one, and mail it to me, I’ll show you sacrilege, gladly, and with much fanfare. I won’t be tempted to hold it hostage (no, not even if I have a choice between returning the Eucharist and watching Bill Donohue kick the pope in the balls, which would apparently be a more humane act than desecrating a goddamned cracker), but will instead treat it with profound disrespect and heinous cracker abuse, all photographed and presented here on the web.”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded as follows:
“The Myers blog can be accessed from the university’s website. The university has a policy statement on this issue which says that the ‘Contents of all electronic pages must be consistent with University of Minnesota policies, local, state and federal laws.’ One of the school’s policies, ‘Code of Conduct,’ says that ‘When dealing with others,’ faculty et al. must be ‘respectful, fair and civil.’ Accordingly, we are contacting the President and the Board of Regents to see what they are going to do about this matter. Because the university is a state institution, we are also contacting the Minnesota legislature.
“It is hard to think of anything more vile than to intentionally desecrate the Body of Christ. We look to those who have oversight responsibility to act quickly and decisively.”
However, catholics seem to think respect is to eat the wafer, pass it through their digestive tract and shit it (or its absolutely shredded and mixed with body juices remains) out.
