The cracker controversy goes on. Though PZ Myers has received multiple death threats over his stated intention to desecrate a wafer, it’s apparently the Catholics who fear for their lives – so much so that Bill Donohue and his Catholic League have felt the need to ask for increased security at the upcoming Republican convention to defend them from those “hysterical atheists”. Apparently atheists’ inability to grasp the obviousness of the bread-product-to-sacred-meat transformation is a sign of violent, unpredictable personalities.
It’s absurd, of course, to expect some sort of atheist-vs-catholic pogroms to break out at a political convention. But, really, I have no problem with the idea of beefing up security. In fact, I think every single attendee at that particular gathering should have his or her own dedicated team of highly paid professional bodyguards… because every dollar they spend on paranoia is a dollar they don’t spend on their election campaigns.
I wonder if the domain name “ChristOnACracker.com” is taken? It could become a Jesus-recipe swap site – I’ll post my Broccoli Savior Casserole! I also wonder at what point during the digestive process the transubtantiation happens. If a low carb dieter, for instance, was to toss down a handful of properly blessed Eucharists, would they turn to meat in time to avoid spiking the eater’s blood sugar? And should there be a “Before/After” type nutritional label to go with those things? I mean, how is anybody supposed to know how many grams of protein and fat are in a single serving of Jesus?
** hocus pocus dominocus — making god wafer thin **
the stock-in-trade magicians’ formula is an old parody on ‘here is god’s body’ said at the elevation of the host at mass by an officiating (and officious) RC priest.
and you thought theurgy — summoning a god’s presence and forcing him to act through incantations — had died. the priests’ gesture of blessing (cub scout sign) derives from a bizarre mystery religion featuring Sabazius, who had a marked proclivity for penises.
if you can believe the dogma of transubstantiation; then you can believe anything. the RC’s dogmata on abortion and stem cell research are on a par with papal infallibility and the bodily assumption of mary. that is, one authoritative irrationality is as valid as another. only widespread xian political intimidation and unconstitutional tax breaks keeps RC from dying from pedophilia.
two members of the supreme court are right-wing RCs. how many media anchors, congressmen and senators follow suit?
millions still read late hellenistic magical texts and repeat their theurgic incantations — where is the enlightenment?
bipolar2
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