Posted on 12/05/2005 8:13:08 PM PST by Will_Zurmacht
Mirecki hospitalized after beating
By Ron Knox, Eric Weslander (Contact)
Originally published 05:37 p.m., December 5, 2005 Updated 06:31 p.m., December 5, 2005
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the reported beating of a Kansas University professor who gained recent notoriety for his Internet tirades against Christian fundamentalists.
Kansas University religious studies professor Paul Mirecki reported he was beaten by two men about 6:40 a.m. today on a roadside in rural Douglas County. In a series of interviews late this afternoon, Mirecki said the men who beat him were making references to the controversy that has propelled him into the headlines in recent weeks. Mirecki
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“I didn’t know them, but I’m sure they knew me,” he said.
Mirecki said he was driving to breakfast when he noticed the men tailgating him in a pickup truck.
“I just pulled over hoping they would pass, and then they pulled up real close behind,” he said. “They got out, and I made the mistake of getting out.”
He said the men beat him about the upper body with their fists, and he said he thinks they struck him with a metal object. He was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
“I’m mostly shaken up, and I got some bruises and sore spots,” he said.
Douglas County Sheriff’s Officials are classifying the case as an aggravated battery. They wouldn’t say exactly where the incident happened, citing the ongoing investigation
The sheriff’s department is looking for the suspects, described as two white males between ages 30 and 40, one wearing a red visor and wool gloves, and both wearing jeans. They were last seen in a large pickup truck.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 843-TIPS or the sheriff’s office at 841-0007.
Mirecki recently wrote online that he planned to teach intelligent design as mythology in an upcoming course. He wrote it would be a “nice slap” in the “big fat face” of fundamentalists.
The remarks caused an uproar, Mirecki apologized, and KU announced last week the class would be canceled.
"Do you mean to tell me that as a Christian, you would not consider blowing up or otherwise killing mass murdering abortionist doctors in order to save the lives of innocent unborn infants?"
OK, so how many abortionists have you killed?
Furball...great headlines but I think our learned "head of dept" professor self inflicted his damage in order to stage yet another attempt darwinian martyrdom.
Bubblehead Mirecki does not deserve to be lowered to the level of genocidal tyrants, abortionists, and the like. Whackjobs like him ought simply to be left to stew in their terpitude. Harmless, hapless "educator."
His words about a "slap in the big fat face?" They were only rhetoric. They were metaphorical in the strictest sense and should not be taken out of context. Besides, he would never be caught wearing a red baseball cap, wearing wool gloves, or driving a big pick-up truck. He's better than all those "fundies" out there.
I think the FBI should be asking him that.
Note that all these responses are supported by the "Moderate Creationists" by their silence.
"I referenced three "Christian" creationist FReepers, not bloggers."
It's all blogging, man. How does that exactly change my point? You found some idiots. Congratulations! Have a cookie.
Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'
"'An enemy did this,' he replied.
"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
"'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'"
It's obviously not acceptable; I presume he is either a truly sick person or a plant from the Democratic Underground.
My response to such silliness is above.
Just please, don't confuse Creationist with Christians.
It's a bit like a Vehn (sp? Venn?) diagram. There may be some overlap, but not necessarily.
This Christian, for one, is disgusted by these idiots, regardless of whether this attack is real or faked.
But they did nothing to him that hasn't been advocated previously on FR, with the full knowledge of the moderators, and celebrated by our resident Christians.
Sorry you were assaulted, BTW. I hope they got the guys.
They are Christians-in-Name-Only.
Nary a one of them reads or understands the scripture.
One of many admonitions (by Christ, himself, no less), against such self-help "weeding" is above.
How did they know who he was?
Thanks for the kind words, RWP. They may have finally caught the buttpipes responsible for my assault, but not after they robbed a few other law-abiding citizens. I will further note that there are plenty of Christians on FR who I have become friends with and are in all likelihood reading this thread while reaching for the dramanine.
Well, I'll take your word for it, MWT. I'm just not in a very good mood with them right now.
I'm not going to argue the plausibility of his story. I'm agnostic about it. Some things about it struck me as odd initially, but I read the discussion among the locals on the Lawrence paper, and now they seem less odd. What annoys me is the reaction here.
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