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Your Cracker or Your Life

Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008 at 9:21 am

And here I thought Muslim fundamentalists looked stupid for getting violent over the Muhammad comics. Some Catholics sent death threats to a man and accused him of hate crimes because, instead of eating the cracker that is believed to become the body of Jesus once blessed by a priest, he took it home. While the act was disrespectful, the reaction was out of proportion with the crime.

Let’s get some perspective here folks. It’s a fucking cracker! How did a cracker become more sacred than a human life? I thought Christianity had grown beyond its most violent tendencies, but I guess it’s in no position to judge the violence of the Muslim world. :(

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3 Comments

  1. Jonathan Blake said,

    July 9, 2008 @ 9:24 am

    BTW, this took place during a mass held on a public university campus which is OK by me. The church group is apparently supported by student fees (i.e. public money) which is not OK.

  2. TAG said,

    July 10, 2008 @ 5:58 am

    Wouldn’t you think their religion would have some sort of fine print that the cracker only becomes the body of Christ if the person is worthy? A hate crime – that’s just insane. (Disrespectful, irreverent, rude, any of those may be true, but a hate crime? Ya think someone will try to get criminal charges filed? I feel for the kid.)

  3. Jonathan Blake said,

    July 10, 2008 @ 8:12 am

    I think the guy eventually gave up the cracker because it just got to be too much. Can’t blame him (especially when the university offered to do the church’s dirty work). Some of those Catholics take cracker desecration very seriously. Apparently, it’s a mortal sin. Who would’ve thunk it?

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