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Mirecki hospitalized after beating (KU Relig. prof. who mocked religion)
Lawrence Journal World ^ | 12/05/05 | Ron Knox

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

Mirecki

“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.


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: ameritaliban; cawcaw; crevolist; fakehatecrimes; falsechristian; idgoons; ku; legbreakersforchrist; mirecki; paulmirecki; religionofpeace; talibornagain; unsaved
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To: Will_Zurmacht

My guess is that this has nothing to do with his anti-Christian remarks. More likely, it has something to do with a personal relationship.


281 posted on 12/06/2005 7:59:01 AM PST by Eva
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To: Morris_Hattrick

Hattrick joined a week ago.


282 posted on 12/06/2005 8:01:30 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: CarolinaGuitarman
You undeniably gloated over the beating of this man.

If you don't know sarcasm when you see it, then I hardly think you'll know gloating. You only wish it were so. Like this bubblehead professor, you relish opportunities to bash those who believe differently than yourself, if not physically, then verbally. The point seems to escape you and your cheerleaders that this bubblehead professor used inflammatory language. It's possible a few folks out there took him at his word. Save your self-righteous indignation for some who cares; for someone to whom it applies.

Or do you really think I am so dense as to believe the physical beating of a bubble-headed ideologue scores points for creationism?

283 posted on 12/06/2005 8:01:35 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: mdmathis6

very droll


284 posted on 12/06/2005 8:02:24 AM PST by Oztrich Boy ( the Wedge Document ... offers a message of hope for Muslims - Mustafa Akyol)
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If you call that gloating then the charge is correct: plumb dumb wrong.


285 posted on 12/06/2005 8:03:21 AM PST by dotnetfellow
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To: Fester Chugabrew
"Or do you really think I am so dense as to believe the physical beating of a bubble-headed ideologue scores points for creationism?"

You don't REALLY want me to answer that do you? :)
286 posted on 12/06/2005 8:04:19 AM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: dotnetfellow

Again you are too much of a coward to actually ping me.


287 posted on 12/06/2005 8:04:55 AM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: wallcrawlr
Only small minded folks extend blanket accusations to entire groups of people over a single incident.

It disappoints me to know so many Freepers use this to turn against each other.

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I couldn't have said it better.

For the record, I am against beating up others who disagree with me. I must say, however, that I would not be surprised to learn that this story is false.

288 posted on 12/06/2005 8:09:47 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Morris_Hattrick
But I respect all of the various religions mankind has invented thoughtout the millenia in the same fashion.

If you take the trouble to look into them, not all religions are created equal. For believers, the first question is truth. For a bystander, the first question ought to be, what do they teach? What are their fruits? Contrary to what you suggest, Islam has a long historical record of violence, intolerance, slavery, invasion, forcible conversion, enslavement, and mistreatment of women. Some Christians are guilty of similar behavior, but their religion doesn't teach them that that is right.

If you take the trouble to investigation, you will find that Muhammed himself was a killer, a rapist, an enslaver, and an oathbreaker, but all these deeds were excused and glorified IN THE EARLIEST WRITINGS because they were done to "infidels." Not all Muslims are bad people by any means, but that's usually because they don't fully live their religion or because they are deluded about their religion.

The fruits of Islam through the centuries have generally been ignorance and laziness--men served by four wives and a company of slaves. When they have enjoyed periods of high civilization, it has generally been a matter of living off the remains of civilizations they have conquered and eventually ground into dust. The fruits of Christianity have been a much greater degree of freedom and independence, plus the rise of science and technology in the west that has never been matched anywhere else in the world for more than short periods that were not followed up.

289 posted on 12/06/2005 8:10:23 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Rudder

No. You misjudge the tone and character of my words so you can do a little gloating of your own. Or do you really think I believe broken teeth and bruises score points for creationism? Do you really think I am ready to don a red hat and wool gloves to make a point? LOL!


290 posted on 12/06/2005 8:10:34 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Fester Chugabrew; CarolinaGuitarman
If you don't know sarcasm when you see it, then I hardly think you'll know gloating.

Perhaps a sarcasm tag would have been a good idea. It would have prevented this confusion.

Here's a hypothetical example of how sarcasm tags work:

'I hope no churches get burned down over this. /sarcasm'

Of course, my use of the tag here is incorrect because I truly do hope no churches get burned down over this. You see how they can clarify the meaning of a statement though.

291 posted on 12/06/2005 8:14:03 AM PST by Antonello
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To: trisham

I think maybe the confrontation happened, and that there were two men in a pickup. But I seriously doubt that they beat him up because they were Christians.

Most likely they were tailgaiting, he got a fit of road rage, they both pulled over, he stupidly got out of his car and started to berate them, and they beat him up.

I have occasionally been tailgated by pickups full of drunken rednecks over the course of a number of years, and usually I pull over and let them go by. I still remember one instance when a couple of kids flashed by and, because I didn't pull over quickly enough, the kid in the driver's seat opened his door--at around 80 MPH--leaned out on it, and mooned me. I was a bit afraid of an accident, but on consideration I thought it was pretty funny.

I suspect an angry guy was stupid enough to confront two angry guys, and got beat up for his pains. I doubt it had a thing to do with his anti-Christian views.


292 posted on 12/06/2005 8:14:42 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
This evo-nut plays the "don't post to me" "second warning" "I'm telling Nanny" game so you're wise to blank out the "to" box or you'll find yourself being part of a nuisance call to moderators......

Are you afraid to actually ping people or do you just enjoy talking to yourself?

Well, if the evos insist that Merrick (who isn't even a scientist) is the victim of a Creationist Hate Crime, we need to support LE with all we've got to get the whole story out, and these two Creationists (white guys in ball caps with gloves in a red pickup truck!) arrested!

Just a day or two ago I was watching a couple of evos here on FR trying to figure out how to get conservative scientists to put Dems (who are presumably pro-evo) into office to spite these awful people who won't sign on to evolution dogma. If anyone wants the reference, email. I think FR is being used by leftists who think they have a way to chip away at GOP contitutency.

293 posted on 12/06/2005 8:15:26 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Fester Chugabrew
You misjudge the tone and character of my words...

Since there is considerable disagreement, why don't you come out and clearly explain the meaning and intent of your statement? Then I can stop gloating over your apparent missjudgement.

294 posted on 12/06/2005 8:18:11 AM PST by Rudder
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To: Cicero
Most likely they were tailgaiting, he got a fit of road rage, they both pulled over, he stupidly got out of his car and started to berate them, and they beat him up.

************

You may be right. I've seen a number of road rage incidents, as I'm sure we all have.

295 posted on 12/06/2005 8:19:39 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Mamzelle
Just a day or two ago I was watching a couple of evos here on FR trying to figure out how to get conservative scientists to put Dems (who are presumably pro-evo) into office to spite these awful people who won't sign on to evolution dogma. If anyone wants the reference, email.

Hmmmm, is Mamz actively lying about stuff she reads, or is she merely too damn thickheaded to get it? So many choices, so many choices...nope, can't decide. Go ahead and post it here in public, so we can figure out which one it is.

296 posted on 12/06/2005 8:19:59 AM PST by Senator Bedfellow (Sneering condescension.)
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To: dotnetfellow
re: Again you are too much of a coward to actually ping me.)))

Beware. I don't know why this guy wants you to direct a post at him--but he'll probably use it to make a complaint.

297 posted on 12/06/2005 8:21:12 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Emmett McCarthy

No bet here. I think it smells of when that professor out west (Evergreen St.?) faked a hate crime not too long ago.


298 posted on 12/06/2005 8:24:35 AM PST by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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To: Morris_Hattrick

You forgot to put "sneering condescension" in your tagline. Your socks don't match.


300 posted on 12/06/2005 8:26:06 AM PST by Mamzelle
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