Nothing misses the point of itself quite so well as religion. People are morons. A recent story [LINK] describes how…

"Central Florida student Webster Cook, …is facing suspension after removing a communion wafer from a Mass held on-campus. Once blessed, these Eucharist wafers must be consumed immediately and Church leaders have said that Cook’s actions were offensive."

It continues..

"Regardless of the reason, the Diocese says its main concern is to get the Eucharist back so it can be taken care of properly and with respect. Cook has been keeping the Eucharist stored in a plastic bag since last Sunday."It is hurtful," said Father Migeul Gonzalez with the Diocese. "Imagine if they kidnapped somebody and you make a plea for that individual to please return that loved one to the family.""

It’s hardly comparable to kidnapping, now it is? I have actually witnessed this happen at my own local church whereby a parishoner put the wafer in his shirt pocket. In that case, the priest stopped what he was doing, followed the guy back to his seat and asked him to eat it.

Cook seemingly woke quite a bees nest when he did this to the point where he began receiving threats on his life.  More tangibly the University threatened to suspend him for not eating the wafer.

PZ Meyers is an outspoken biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota. He came to Cook’s defense on his blog [LINK].

Now PZ seems to be quite the sh1t stirrer as his post reads…
"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."

It didn’t take long for PZ to begin receiving threats of violence from folks around the net, all under the auspices of upholding Christian beliefs. What happened to turn the other cheek?

PZ then published one of the emails on his blog, complete with the sender’s email address and IP address headers. At which point folks track it to…1-800-flowers! Yes, the moron had used their work address. She was promptly fired [LINK].

PZ continues to get threatening letters: [LINK] and [LINK].

Sort of ruins the whole "love thy neighbor" thing but presumably this is just a small segment of the religious population making the others look bad.

Meanwhile the SGU points out; whilst all of this furor is going on over wafers…the Pope is merely "considering" an apology for the sex abuses in Australia. What’s that mean? He’s sitting around going "Hmmm..should I apologize? Well I didn’t do anything wrong…still maybe I should…ah feck it…"?

The church is guilty of sexual abuses in many countries, the UK, Ireland (where a Bishop actually fathered a child), the US, Australia and on and on. Why would the pope need more than 10 seconds to decide whether an apology is warranted? And moreover, what good is an apology when your life’s been ruined by a priest? To quote George Constanza "you can stuff your sorries in a sack".

It’s all about priorities. I’d place sexual assault a little higher on the list over cracker theft. Shouldn’t folks be up in arms over THAT rather than taking wafers out of a building? Makes me wonder why folks bother with any of it. The net result is a wasteful expenditure of energy.