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Crackergate

Morro
edited July 2008 in General
So, apparently a guy smuggled a communion cracker out of a Catholic mass, and the world imploded. Here's what the Catholic diocese had to say:
“We don’t know 100% what Mr. Cooks motivation was, however if anything were to qualify as a hate crime, to us this seems like this might be it.”
Heh. The Catholic League (which to be fair is an entirely irrelevant and laughably small group of wingnuts who are good at self-promotion,) has been going insane, over this. The guy gave the cracker back, but they're claiming that this is "not enough." I guess they want him given an appropriate punishment. Maybe he could be wheat-stoned? Ba-dum-bum.

In a related story, the blogger PZ Myers pointed out the obvious, and the CL tried to start a letter-writing campaign to get him fired.

It's just all so god damn goofy. Crackers and political cartoons and foreskins and head-wraps. Religion has really just become a novelty.

Comments

  • primexx
    edited July 2008
    pfft, your title sucks...

    mine was "crackerphilia"
  • nicole
    edited July 2008
    Well the Communion host is seen to be as the Body of Christ once it is consecrated, so in the eyes of the Church it's definitely sacrilegious. Makes sense.
  • Ether
    edited July 2008
    mmm... sacrelicious

    But take note: While you may see some Catholics getting upset, or whining and complaining, or even threatening the guy, there won't be riots all around the world. There won't be bombings, or beatings, or embassy-burnings. There won't be hordes of people saying "death to those who insult Jesus".
  • DaNoobie
    edited July 2008
    hon hon hon, sacrebleu!
  • primexx
    edited July 2008
    Ether;33589 said:
    mmm... sacrelicious

    But take note: While you may see some Catholics getting upset, or whining and complaining, or even threatening the guy, there won't be riots all around the world. There won't be bombings, or beatings, or embassy-burnings. There won't be hordes of people saying "death to those who insult Jesus".
    by all means, islam still retains the crown, but you know there's a problem when someone is getting death threats over a piece of fucking cracker.
  • Morro
    edited July 2008
    Ether;33589 said:
    mmm... sacrelicious

    But take note: While you may see some Catholics getting upset, or whining and complaining, or even threatening the guy, there won't be riots all around the world. There won't be bombings, or beatings, or embassy-burnings. There won't be hordes of people saying "death to those who insult Jesus".
    Very true.

    Sacrelicious would be a good band name.
  • Broken Lizard
    edited July 2008
    primexx;33591 said:
    by all means, islam still retains the crown, but you know there's a problem when someone is getting death threats over a piece of fucking cracker.
    What if it was YOUR cracker?!!? Then what! DEATH PENALTY!!!!!!!
    and if he did eat it, CUT HIS STOMACH OPEN AND GET IT!!!!!!!

    THEN CRUCIFY HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    But things still wouldn't be even.
  • randomuser
    edited July 2008
    death to america
  • Morro
    edited July 2008
    randomuser;33602 said:
    death to america
    ???
  • randomuser
    edited July 2008
    i was kind of riding triples train of thought and thought id throw in the ubiquitous threat used by middle eastern countries against the US for their sacriledgous ways-- which has now become a joke punch line
  • Student0667
    edited July 2008
    For some reason, I thought a Black politician used the word "cracker" to describe white people, leading to a major political controversey. I never thought that the title was literally refering to crackers...

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