Ok. There's been a controversy brewing on the "Is it so hard not to desecrate the Eucharist" post (part of the ongoing discussion of when, if ever, sacrilege is an appropriate form of protest). March Hare has been making the case that P.Z. Myers's desecration of a consecrated wafer was meant to debunk the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. March Hare wrote: Should Catholics not be called out on the fact their faith decrees that a cracker becomes human flesh by a priest saying … [Read more...]
Defining Atheism, Defining Sacrilege (Series Index)
February 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
Prompted by a post by atheist blogger and agent provocateur P.Z. Myers, I started a conversation on this blog about the appropriate definition of atheism. Since the conversation had started with P.Z. Myers, sooner or later it wound around to his public desecration of a consecrated wafer in 2008. I still think his actions were immoral and highly inappropriate, but many of the atheist commenters here disagreed. You can read through all posts on this topic below, and be sure to pay special … [Read more...]
Is it so hard not to desecrate a Eucharist?
February 11, 2011 By 66 Comments
More responses to my claim that atheists ought not desecrate the Eucharist a la P.Z. Myers, Let's start with one quick clarification: NFQ took issue with me analogizing P.Z. Myer's destruction of a consecrated wafer to the desecration of cremated ashes saying: I think there's a tricky aspect about your analogy to cremated remains. You can just buy a package of communion wafers. They mass-produce them in factories. I think it would certainly be rude to break into a church, steal their … [Read more...]
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