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anon52328184
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i watched the video of the mass in england. but myers is in minnesota. am i missing something? i can’t tell for sure from the video if the people have not received holy communion.
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revejj2000
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I find it interesting that Dr. Myers has no problem to attack and desecrate the Blessed Sacrament. Then he should have no problem when someone would attack and desecrate/kill his beloved animals that he studies. However, he would be the first to demand criminal charges be brought up on the person who would hurt these squids/sea creatures. His logic would be that these are animals and have life, but the Eucharist “cracker” is nothing.
He may escape the punishments many here believe he should have due to ignorance. After all, he simply has no idea what he is doing.
I’m wondering what of the people that provided him with the Precious Body of our Lord. Who was the Judas in this case…and for substantially less then 30 pieces of silver I imagine.
How horrifying a situation they will eventually find themselves in…
They have my prayers.
I’m wondering what of the people that provided him with the Precious Body of our Lord. Who was the Judas in this case…and for substantially less then 30 pieces of silver I imagine.
How horrifying a situation they will eventually find themselves in…
They have my prayers.
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ChristinaM
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That was the thought running through my head. For some reason God has permitted this…I can’t imagine why but I have faith that he can bring some good out of this evil.
I can’t do the Holy Hour on the 6th, but I will do it as soon after that as I can.
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mommyof4
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I was thinking the same thing earlier.
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Nicholas82
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Why hasn’t he posted a video of his action or some such thing? Personally I wouldn’t be suprised if he did no such thing and is just enjoying the number of angry emotional emails he is getting, he’s obviously quite the egotist. If his point was really to discredit the Eucharist(via terribly flawed logic) he’d have shown what he did, not just expected everyone to take his word for it.
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Ella
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Unfortunately, he posted a picture of the nail-pierced Host, pages of the Koran, and pages of The God Delusion all together in his trash with a banana peel and some coffee grounds.
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Teelynn
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How devastatingly true…UNLESS there is a conversion…of which I am praying for…I find it quite ironic that his name is Paul.:ehh: And I am praying with you Christina that The Lord will bring some sort of a mass conversion to these people…I can dream…but with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!
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Digitonomy
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You were wrong that tolerance is mandated in the way you think. As noted in his blog, he also desecrated a page from the Quran. However, under the law he doesn’t appear to have committed any crime. Many people misunderstand hate crimes, but in most cases in the US they are simply versions of crimes aggravated by the intent of harming a larger group. One might characterize the murder of the priest by a Catholic-hater as a hate crime, since it was the crime of murder, but it also was meant as an attack upon the Catholic community. On the other hand, wearing a button saying “Father X is leading his congregation to hell” would not be a hate crime, because you have the hate but not the crime. In fact, that qualifies as protected speech or expression. Same with the nutty professor.
Some have speculated that the host was stolen, so if true possession of stolen goods could be a crime, but it doesn’t lend itself easily to an upgrade to hate crime.
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OnlyAmbrose
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I don’t think it unlikely that the host really was consecrated. It wouldn’t be hard to go to Mass, receive the Eucharist, and not eat it. Against canon law, certainly, but I HIGHLY doubt this guy cares.
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Christophorus72
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from his blog yesterday:
I don’t care what you think, so put a sock in it already
for someone who doesn’t care what we think, he sure seems to spend a lot of time discussing it. I think I counted 4 seperate blogs on his website in 2 days related to Catholicism and religion.
maybe he’s a compulsive liar as well.
I don’t care what you think, so put a sock in it already
for someone who doesn’t care what we think, he sure seems to spend a lot of time discussing it. I think I counted 4 seperate blogs on his website in 2 days related to Catholicism and religion.
maybe he’s a compulsive liar as well.
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Maxply
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You know, the longer this story goes on, the more I feel sorry for the guy.
He’s obviously seeking attention, is needy for something.
I doubt most anti-Catholics would go to such extremes or work up such a publicity effort. I can only imagine his existential despair, but that’s my guess at what he’s been experiencing. Perhaps he’s jaded from the mere pursuit of science.
He’s obviously seeking attention, is needy for something.
I doubt most anti-Catholics would go to such extremes or work up such a publicity effort. I can only imagine his existential despair, but that’s my guess at what he’s been experiencing. Perhaps he’s jaded from the mere pursuit of science.
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morelia92
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Hi everyone… I followed the link you’d posted but couldn’t find this.
I think thats fine coz what I did see broke my heart!
Wow…
I think thats fine coz what I did see broke my heart!
Wow…
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Della
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And I submit that crimes don’t have to be on the level of murder to be hate a crimes, but they probably wouldn’t all be prosecuted, unfortunately, because the court system wouldn’t be able to handle the load.
To desecrate something held as sacred to millions of people is an attack against those people. He’ll get away with it, though because the local authorities don’t have the backbone to arrest him.
This isn’t free speech, it’s hate speech. Just as burning a cross on the front lawn of a black person’s house is a hate crime or painting swastikas on the walls of synagogues or destroying statues in a Hindu temple. These are all prosecuted cases.
Desecrating a host, consecrated or not, is the same type of crime since the intention was to offend Catholics in particular by it, not just religion in general. I’m sure our Muslim brethren would agree since their holy book was also desecrated.
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Eden
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Apparently, not:
UNIV. OF MINN. REFUSES TO PENALIZE MYERS
“The Chancellor of the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMN) released a statement today regarding the intentional desecration of the Eucharist by Professor Paul Z. Myers. “I believe that behaviors that discriminate against or harass individuals or groups on the basis of their religious beliefs are reprehensible,” said Jacqueline Johnson. Importantly, she added that the school’s Code of Conduct prohibits such behavior. However, she also stressed that academic freedom allows faculty members “to speak or write as a public citizen without institutional discipline or restraint….” Nowhere did she say Myers would be disciplined.”
The rest is here:
catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1467
I’ve mentioned this before, but the fact that Pres. Bruininks allowed the play “The Witch and the Pope” to proceed last year after the CL asked them to reconsider, it’s obvious Bruininks isn’t fazed by anti-Catholicism. I’m guessing Myers got an “I’m not happy with this - wink, wink, nod, nod” when he took the link to the blog off the university site.
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anon52328184
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that makes me very sad that they are not going to do anything.
how can they distinguish between what he does as a professor and as a private citizen if it reflects on the university?
how can they distinguish between what he does as a professor and as a private citizen if it reflects on the university?
All of this settles the discussion for me.
U of MINN is not going to be an option for any of my children, or grandchildren…in fact, I may make this a permanent family tradition.
And considering that my children range in age from 5 months to 8 years, that is going to be a long commitment.
How many others will join me in this boycott?
U of MINN is not going to be an option for any of my children, or grandchildren…in fact, I may make this a permanent family tradition.
And considering that my children range in age from 5 months to 8 years, that is going to be a long commitment.
How many others will join me in this boycott?
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anon52328184
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considering i live in the southwest where it is warm, i have no intention of going near the university of minnesota. what a bunch of weaklings!
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majuscule
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How does the Muslim community feel?
I don’t know where to start doing a web search on this–the keywords I entered bring up too many links and all I see are to Christian and anti-Christian sites. What, if anything, has the Muslim world had to say about the desecration of the Koran?
I have heard that since it was in English it didn’t really matter. Still, it seems to me that it was PZ’s intent that matters.
Anyway, I am extremely bothered by this man. I am praying for charity that will enable me to pray for his soul but I am having much difficulty with that.
I don’t know where to start doing a web search on this–the keywords I entered bring up too many links and all I see are to Christian and anti-Christian sites. What, if anything, has the Muslim world had to say about the desecration of the Koran?
I have heard that since it was in English it didn’t really matter. Still, it seems to me that it was PZ’s intent that matters.
Anyway, I am extremely bothered by this man. I am praying for charity that will enable me to pray for his soul but I am having much difficulty with that.
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