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P. Z. Myers<\/a> has apparently followed through on his threat to desecrate<\/a> a Catholic communion wafer. He subjected the Qur\u2019an and Richard Dawkins\u2019 book to the same treatment, just to be fair.<\/div>\n

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Ken Brown<\/a> has coverage and reflection from a Christian perspective.<\/div>\n

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I don\u2019t have time to write more at the moment \u2013 but don\u2019t let that stop you from discussing!<\/div>\n

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P. Z. Myers has apparently followed through on his threat to desecrate a Catholic communion wafer. He subjected the Qur\u2019an and Richard Dawkins\u2019 book to the same treatment, just to be fair. Ken Brown has coverage and reflection from a Christian perspective. I don\u2019t have time to write more at the moment \u2013 but don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDesecrated<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"P. Z. Myers has apparently followed through on his threat to desecrate a Catholic communion wafer. 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