Posted on 07/10/2008 7:28:58 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Paul Zachary Myers, a professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, has pledged to desecrate the Eucharist. He is responding to what happened recently at the University of Central Florida when a student walked out of Mass with the Host, holding it hostage for several days. Myers was angry at the Catholic League for criticizing the student. His post can be accessed from his faculty page on the university’s website.
Here is an excerpt of his July 8 post, “It’s a Frackin’ Cracker!”:
“Can anyone out there score me some consecrated communion wafers?” Myers continued by saying, “if any of you would be willing to do what it takes to get me some, or even one, and mail it to me, I’ll show you sacrilege, gladly, and with much fanfare. I won’t be tempted to hold it hostage (no, not even if I have a choice between returning the Eucharist and watching Bill Donohue kick the pope in the balls, which would apparently be a more humane act than desecrating a go*****ed cracker), but will instead treat it with profound disrespect and heinous cracker abuse, all photographed and presented here on the web.”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded as follows:
“The Myers blog can be accessed from the university’s website. The university has a policy statement on this issue which says that the ‘Contents of all electronic pages must be consistent with University of Minnesota policies, local, state and federal laws.’ One of the school’s policies, ‘Code of Conduct,’ says that ‘When dealing with others,’ faculty et al. must be ‘respectful, fair and civil.’ Accordingly, we are contacting the President and the Board of Regents to see what they are going to do about this matter. Because the university is a state institution, we are also contacting the Minnesota legislature.
“It is hard to think of anything more vile than to intentionally desecrate the Body of Christ. We look to those who have oversight responsibility to act quickly and decisively.”
Theft is hardly a freedom. Besides, we are about as far away from becoming a theocracy as possible. If anything the human secularlist have created an anti-theocracy.
“If Catholics want to make this large of a deal about this then why not take measures to stop someone from doing it? Like having the priest place the host in the petitioner’s mouth?”
So. Now you are involved in Catholic theology and practice?
What’s this about not being ruled by a theocracy, but the secular realm you speak from is telling us how to practice our faith?
And you and other people here seem to realize that you cannot legislate morality, or common courtesy or civility.
Of course if dueling were legal this problem would get solved asap.
This guy is disgusting, even for an academic anti-religion university professor.
Telling no. Consider it a suggestion that's all.
Myers was angry at the Catholic League for criticizing the student
It seems to me the only free speech being attacked is that of the Catholic League.
Hmmm. I teach college, and I have a blog.
While I state on my “about” page that I teach at a university, I don’t identify the university, and I’m not going to here.That just seems prudent.
As soon as he identified himself as a professor at University of Minnesota at Morris, he associated the university with his blog and needs to be more careful about what he says.
Very tightly argued.
Although desecration is certainly a most serious action, it seems as though Christ, being Who He is, can as easily withdraw Himself from the accidental of the appearance of the wafer. “God is not mocked.” No matter what. When He was on earth, of course, it was foretold and fulfilled. Now, as Who He really is, I doubt that such “desecration” would do much more than to make a fool of this person. And, it might even move the Almighty to make an example of him. Happy thought, that...
“And you and other people here seem to realize that you cannot legislate morality, or common courtesy or civility.
Of course if dueling were legal this problem would get solved asap”
Back up there partner. Is this professor or for that matter the student senator being arrested, sued, had criminal charges or other remedies to a felonious act pressed against them?
You keep talking about legislating morality and courtesy while no one has suggested it.
You keep talking about legislating morality and courtesy while no one has suggested it.
Fair point.
A person is given the host contingent upon an understanding of terms. By not agreeing to those terms, the host is being appropriated under false pretenses by Myers types, and this constitutes fraud and theft.
Here's an analogy: a man goes to a free clinic complaining of horrible pain and is given morphine to ease his suffering. In reality, he is a recreational drug abuser who has lied in order to score some free morphine.
The latter individual is clearly a criminal. If the free clinic pressed charges - and if the free clinic was operated by the Catholic Church - would the decision to press charges constitute a theocratic act?
I’d like to thank the majority of Christians on here, for standing behind God and Christ on this. The Protestants and Catholics have alot of differences. However, like international politcs and the waters’ edge; Christians should defend Christians of all faiths when it comes to secularist, anti-Christian, and anti-God communists.
Of course one CAN legislate such matters. The university can impose these things on their employees as a condition of employment. This guy is an employee,identifies himself as such, and it is up to the university to compel him not to do this kind of thing.
As far as I know there has been no proof offered that the student received any death threats. Has he produced any of these Emails, recorded any the calls? I am starting to doubt his tales.
Yeah I agree. Deliberate sacreligious disrespect towards a religion that does not wish you any ill is often accompanied by a disrespect for other forms of authority. The driving motive behind the UCF student who started all of this wasn’t just to show the Eucharist to a friend who had questions; he also wants to defund all religious clubs on campus in direct violation of the US constitution. His disrespectful “activism” has ramifications for all Christian clubs at UCF, including ones that I was a member of only 4 years ago.
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