Religion .... Even the Moderates can be Wackaloons

I am no fan of religion. I wish there were an outbreak of rationality and it would die. Die not because anybody restricted anybody's right to practice it. But die, because of the realization that it is not needed.

But it IS needed ... or so people claim. Religion is good ... or so people claim. The bad comes from the lunatic fringe that actually believe the bible means it when Exodus, Leviticus, or Deuteronomy says to kill people for minor offenses. Good ole' moderate religion is all for peace and love .... right? Well, not always.

University of Central Florida student, Webster Cook, was thought well enough by his peers to be elected to the Student Senate. But evidently Webster can be a bit rude as well. Webster objected Student Government funds going to religious organizations (over $40,000 for the 2007-2008 school year). At one such event a Catholic mass was held in the Student Union. Webster, raised a Catholic, decided to attend. During the mass a ritual was held ... the Eucharist ... and Webster absconded with an uneaten wafer.

Stories differ as to the exact detail. Was Webster obnoxious during the service? Perhaps he was, perhaps he wasn't. Did the church officials try to use force to get the wafer back from Webster? Perhaps so, perhaps not. But what is known is that Webster got death threats from Catholics AROUND THE WORLD. All because he kidnapped a fucking cracker?? What kind of lunacy is this? The answer, of course, is obvious. It is religious lunacy. And religious lunacy in the most mainstream sect of all Christianity.

But wait a second ... I'm not being understanding. The Eucharist has special significance for Catholics. It is a ceremony that supposedly dates back to the Last Supper:

Then [Jesus] took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to [the disciple], saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

The wafer is the equivalent the loaf of bread. It is Jesus' body ... metaphorically of course. Well, maybe not so metaphorically for Catholics. The official teaching of Catholicism is that the wafer is transubstantiated into the actual body of Christ. So the Catholics who are threatening Webster's life, view Webster as having performed a hate crime and actually took Christ's body hostage:

"We don't know 100% what Mr. Cooks motivation was," said Susan Fani a spokesperson with the local Catholic diocese. "However, if anything were to qualify as a hate crime, to us this seems like this might be it."

So doesn't this make their actions more understandable?

Before I answer, let me present you with a riddle:

Suppose you believe a tail to be a leg, how many legs does a dog have?

The answer is FOUR ... believing a tail to be a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Believing the wafer becomes the actual body of Christ doesn't make the wafer become the actual body of Christ. It is incredibly STUPID of one to believe that it actually does. It is a FUCKING CRACKER and nothing more. You are a dimwitted piece of shit to threaten a person's life because they took a cracker. How much more specific can I be?

But wait, the lunacy doesn't stop there. PZ Myers is a biology professor at the University of Minnesota - Morris. He is also the top science blogger on the web and a very vocal atheist. He recently wrote a blog ... much like this one ... in which he takes the Catholic wackaloons to task for their silly belief. Myers showed his utter disrespect (deservedly so, in my mind) for this stupid belief by saying:

So, what to do. I have an idea. Can anyone out there score me some consecrated communion wafers? There's no way I can personally get them — my local churches have stakes prepared for me, I'm sure — but 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. I shall do so joyfully and with laughter in my heart. If you can smuggle some out from under the armed guards and grim nuns hovering over your local communion ceremony, just write to me and I'll send you my home address.

Guess what ... now Myers is getting death threats of his very own (along with an e-mail campaign to get him fired).

Come on people ... Get in touch with reality. IT IS A FUCKING CRACKER.

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