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.”
You are correct.
I mean, there are some really funny bits in there that have nothing to do with religion. Like with the haggling bit, the dungeon "lucky bastard" bit, the "What have the Romans done for us" bit...
Or the "Stan should be given the right to bear children bit" :-)
What about the spelling lesson from John Cleese as a Centurion or "Are you the Judean Peoples Front?", or "Stop Pickin your nose!"
A. The benefits we receive are the forgiveness of our sins ...
And that's one of the major problems with the heresy of transubstantiation: That Christ's sacrifice on the cross was not sufficient to attone for sins, but that his body has to be broken on an ongoing basis. No, Christ's sacrifice on the cross was indeed sufficient, and no further priestly acts are necessary for the forgiveness of our sins.
Here's a question for you: If someone put poison in the "bread", would you still eat it once it became "Christ's body"? If you think the bread in fact becomes some other material, then you should have no problem ingesting the poisoned bread....
This is inded the saddest news ,the most outrageous news! Be prepared for the next tornadoe, for God will not long be mocked by these Hollywood SLIME!
They are all a bunch of SICK individuals who made this one!
God help us!
Jesus doesn't just say "my flesh is food, and my blood is drink" (and the verb is estin, the ordinary present indicative Greek verb "to be" in the third person singular); he says "my flesh (sarkos) is REALLY food, and my blood (aima) is REALLY drink."
That's why many of his disciples couldn't deal with it, and "no longer walked with him".
This aritcle makes me sick...what a Horrible, blasphemy!!
I say , Kick the whole show right into the lowest gutter, far beyond the one it is in now!!!
Amen! :-)
You will have to follow the course of my conversation on this thread starting at #14 to understand the post to which you replied.
I was neither intolerant nor insensitive....just innocently ignorant.
If you then still think your post to me was apropos, I'm afraid I'll have to put you on the list of the thin-skinners.
Monty Python is fairly irreverent as you say, but to me they never cross the line of disrespect to Our Lord. They carry ideas ad absurdum . . . but they leave the central tenets and the Deity Himself alone. The only time I can remember an actual depiction of Christ (in Brian), you saw him far off giving the Sermon on the Mount - he was in soft focus, dressed all in white, hieratic gesture, could have been out of a Sunday School lithograph. All the comedy was in the foreground, with the two mokes on the edge of the crowd who thought he said, "Blessed are the Cheesemakers" . . .
It should be "haima" of course . . .(think hemoglobin) . . . but my Greek Testament doesn't have diacritical marks to indicate the "h" sound . . . does anybody know of a font face that includes the diacritical marks?
(The Church has had 2,000 years to think this stuff over.)
I agree with that call! Seems appropriate here. :)
Pardon my language but as a Roman Catholic I am getting damned sick and tired of people with no respect for themselves or anything else making fun of my religion. I for one am going to begin writing letters, sending emails and making phone calls to these despicable people till I am blue in the face.
This needs to STOP and STOP NOW. We grew up in a town with all different religions and while they were not our beliefs...we totally respeced those who were part of that congregation. They in turn respected our religious holidays and our holy days.
As I said...I am SICK AND TIRED of it and I want it stopped and stopped now. I don't want nor care about an apology. That would mean nothing coming from this source because they did it knowingly and with intent to ridicule and therefore, their apology would mean about as much as the amount of class and manners they posess which is NOTHING.
What was done was done on purpose. So, they can keep their aplogy. I want it stopped and stopped from happening again in the future. Everytime someone says something about another race or religion its all over the media and everyone is screaming (and rightly so).
However, there is this business out there that seems to think it is OK to attack and make fun of our Roman Catholic religion and us Catholics. I'm here to tell you it is NOT OK to bash us our faith. It is NOT OK to blatantly make fun of or use our Holy Eucharist as a damned joke on some lousey, TV program who are doing nothing but looking for ratings. Well, to them I say: "Go get your ratings elsewhere and stay out of our most holy and personal religion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is our faith and our religion and we should all join together with Mr. Donohue and DEMAND, yes DEMAND this attack and ridicule of our Roman Catholic Faith cease and desist IMMEDIATELY!!!!!
Pardon my language but as a Roman Catholic I am getting damned sick and tired of people with no respect for themselves or anything else making fun of my religion. I for one am going to begin writing letters, sending emails and making phone calls to these despicable people till I am blue in the face.
This needs to STOP and STOP NOW. We grew up in a town with all different religions and while they were not our beliefs...we totally respeced those who were part of that congregation. They in turn respected our religious holidays and our holy days.
As I said...I am SICK AND TIRED of it and I want it stopped and stopped now. I don't want nor care about an apology. That would mean nothing coming from this source because they did it knowingly and with intent to ridicule and therefore, their apology would mean about as much as the amount of class and manners they posess which is NOTHING.
What was done was done on purpose. So, they can keep their aplogy. I want it stopped and stopped from happening again in the future. Everytime someone says something about another race or religion its all over the media and everyone is screaming (and rightly so).
However, there is this business out there that seems to think it is OK to attack and make fun of our Roman Catholic religion and us Catholics. I'm here to tell you it is NOT OK to bash us our faith. It is NOT OK to blatantly make fun of or use our Holy Eucharist as a damned joke on some lousey, TV program who are doing nothing but looking for ratings. Well, to them I say: "Go get your ratings elsewhere and stay out of our most holy and personal religion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is our faith and our religion and we should all join together with Mr. Donohue and DEMAND, yes DEMAND this attack and ridicule of our Roman Catholic Faith cease and desist IMMEDIATELY!!!!!
Pardon my language but as a Roman Catholic I am getting damned sick and tired of people with no respect for themselves or anything else making fun of my religion. I for one am going to begin writing letters, sending emails and making phone calls to these despicable people till I am blue in the face.
This needs to STOP and STOP NOW. We grew up in a town with all different religions and while they were not our beliefs...we totally respeced those who were part of that congregation. They in turn respected our religious holidays and our holy days.
As I said...I am SICK AND TIRED of it and I want it stopped and stopped now. I don't want nor care about an apology. That would mean nothing coming from this source because they did it knowingly and with intent to ridicule and therefore, their apology would mean about as much as the amount of class and manners they posess which is NOTHING.
What was done was done on purpose. So, they can keep their aplogy. I want it stopped and stopped from happening again in the future. Everytime someone says something about another race or religion its all over the media and everyone is screaming (and rightly so).
However, there is this business out there that seems to think it is OK to attack and make fun of our Roman Catholic religion and us Catholics. I'm here to tell you it is NOT OK to bash us our faith. It is NOT OK to blatantly make fun of or use our Holy Eucharist as a damned joke on some lousey, TV program who are doing nothing but looking for ratings. Well, to them I say: "Go get your ratings elsewhere and stay out of our most holy and personal religion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is our faith and our religion and we should all join together with Mr. Donohue and DEMAND, yes DEMAND this attack and ridicule of our Roman Catholic Faith cease and desist IMMEDIATELY!!!!!
( . . . I'm not really studying to be a Jesuit. Honest . . . . )
Be careful Catholics, lest you appear to be making your host into an idol (capitalizing it like it is God etc.)
If you freak out too much about a cracker, some will begin to wonder just what you worship.
Sorry, but there is no miraculous transformation at all that occurs during Communion.
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