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NBC Show Blasphemes Communion Host
NewsMax ^ | 2/24/05 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 02/24/2005 7:06:21 PM PST by wagglebee

An episode of the NBC sitcom "Committed,” featuring two characters who flush a Communion wafer down a toilet, has created a firestorm of protest among Catholics.

During the February 22 broadcast, two non-Catholics are mistakenly given Holy Communion at a Catholic funeral Mass. As recounted by the Catholic League:

"Nate, who is Jewish, and Bowie, a Protestant, don’t know what to do with the Eucharist, so they make several failed attempts to get rid of it. For example, they try slipping it into the pocket of a priest, dropping it on a tray of cheese and crackers, etc.

"At one point, the priest, who is portrayed as not knowing the difference between the Host and a cracker, goes to grab the 'cracker' from a tray of appetizers; he initially balks when he discovers that it is the last one. Then he changes his mind, saying, "Oh, what the hell.”

"By far the most offensive scene occurs when Nate and Bowie accidentally flush what they think is the Host down the toilet."

Catholic League President William Donahue is demanding that NBC apologize.

"To say that Catholics are angry about this show would be an understatement - the outrage is visceral and intense," he said Thursday.

"NBC has made a direct frontal assault on Roman Catholicism, choosing to mock, trivialize and ridicule the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ," Donahue added. "More than an apology is needed. This episode should be retired for good, and that is what we will demand.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anticatholicbigotry; blasphemy; catholicism; communion; leftistmedia; mediabias; nbc; paganpunks; williamdonahue; williamdonohue
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To: AlguyA

Excellent explanation. Thank you.


341 posted on 02/24/2005 10:22:49 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Chef Dajuan

Had NBC insulted Islam, a homicide bomber would have blown themself up in its HQ lobby, don't you think?

Good point


342 posted on 02/24/2005 10:24:44 PM PST by taxesareforever
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To: seamole

Bump for #87!


343 posted on 02/24/2005 10:25:24 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Jorge

Please educate yourself!


344 posted on 02/24/2005 10:26:41 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: terycarl

"Jesus said "this is my body"

I can't read ancient Aramaic and I don't know anyone who can, nor can I read ancient Hebrew, butt... Is it possible that another translation might be, "this represents my body" or "think of this as my body?"

I have been lead to believe that the King James version translators, who translated from the Latin, Greek or Hebrew, or from Latin translations of the ancient Hebrew or Aramaic might have taken some license.

Anybody an expert in dead languages out there?


345 posted on 02/24/2005 10:27:43 PM PST by Poser (Joining Belly Girl in the Pajamahadeen)
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To: Jorge
My Catholic freind who TOOK me to mass knew I wasn't Catholic and was the one who told me that THEY did not allow non-Catholics to take communion.

It would have been perilous for your soul had you taken it. Your friend was watching out for you.

346 posted on 02/24/2005 10:27:57 PM PST by WritableSpace
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To: Pajamajan

"I wonder if the next episode will feature characters flushing the Koran down the toilet? "

The wafer wasn't flushed down the toilet. Honest. The actor playing the priest at it. I saw the show. The article is in error.

Am I the only one who saw the show?


347 posted on 02/24/2005 10:29:42 PM PST by Poser (Joining Belly Girl in the Pajamahadeen)
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To: Sharkfish

Fascinating facts there about religion. Just wish it wasn't CNN.


348 posted on 02/24/2005 10:30:44 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: bd476
Do you have any examples of Christian denominations who do not believe in the Holy Eucharist as it is spelled out in the Holy Bible?

The Methodists don't have the same belief in the Eucharist as Catholics-Orthodox-Anglicans-Lutherans do.
349 posted on 02/24/2005 10:31:49 PM PST by Cronos (Never forget 9/11)
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To: narses; Jorge
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
350 posted on 02/24/2005 10:33:34 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Jorge

**Catholics believe anybody who is NOT Catholic is going to Hell.**

This is not true. I don't know where you are getting your Catholic bashing information, but you are definitely misinformed.


351 posted on 02/24/2005 10:34:54 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: joey9004
Anyone with any respect for the Eucharist ought to receive on the tongue...

I love the Lord, and I receive his Body in my hand. It doesn't make me any less respectful of Holy Communion. I'm also an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, and I'm happy to give people the Lord's Body and Blood however they are most comfortable receiving it. Some people receive in the hand very respectfully, some don't. That's a problem of education that the Parish priest needs to address, and I have hopes that our priests will do so in this Year of the Eucharist.

352 posted on 02/24/2005 10:35:27 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Jorge; RosieCotton; SuziQ

Yah' know... I've really tried to stay off these Catholic-bashing threads, but in the excruciating read down this one I simply can't resist any longer.

I'm not even Catholic. Technically speaking I was raised Lutheran and came into my own as an evangelical. But I do think that anything that diminishes any of us, diminishes all of us.

There's been a whole lot of diminishin' goin' on around here. While I might have my differences about the essence of the eucharist I would still not EVER presume that I could rightly take communion in a Catholic service. It would be wrong for me to do it, not because of what I might believe, but because of my respect for what they believe.

Who's right? I dunno. Someday I expect we'll all find out. Come that day I also expect we'll all have something to feel kinda silly about. But I for one will not bother to cause my brother to stumble in the meantime. Because, like it or not, we are all brothers in Christ.

Whatever the differences, we got way bigger fish to fry.


353 posted on 02/24/2005 10:36:00 PM PST by Ramius (Why are there no rhetorical answers? They don't even require a question...)
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To: Peace will be here soon

Exactly!


354 posted on 02/24/2005 10:36:20 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: postaldave
the point i was TRYING to make is, catholics would do better to get rid of ted kennedy then bitch about some harmless sitcom.

Why don't YOU try to get rid of Teddy K? Just because he's Catholic doesn't mean Catholics in say Texas have to go and get rid of him. And can't you make out the difference between an idiotic politician and blasphemy??
356 posted on 02/24/2005 10:38:04 PM PST by Cronos (Never forget 9/11)
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To: Jorge

Why are you yelling?


357 posted on 02/24/2005 10:38:33 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Petronski

**if they get what is just.**

And they will. No partiality with God, only justice.


358 posted on 02/24/2005 10:39:47 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Salvation
And they will. No partiality with God, only justice.

I will offer for them the same prayer I often make for myself:

Dear God, please spare me from what I deserve...

359 posted on 02/24/2005 10:42:26 PM PST by Petronski (Zebras: Free Range Bar Codes of the Serengeti)
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To: Cold Heat

No, we would not participate in your Communion -- that would be committing a sacrilege on our part.


360 posted on 02/24/2005 10:44:02 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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