2008-07-08 IT'S A FRACKIN' CRACKER!

2008-07-08 ScienceBlogs PZ Myers \2008 sacred wafer scandal\Catholicism\sacrilege http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/its_a_goddamned_cracker.php IT'S A FRACKIN' CRACKER! &ldquo;Wait, what? Holding a cracker hostage is now a hate crime? The murder of Matthew Shephard was a hate crime. The murder of James Byrd Jr. was a hate crime. This is a goddamned cracker. Can you possibly diminish the abuse of real human beings any further?&rdquo;  Wait, what? Holding a cracker hostage is now a hate crime? The murder of Matthew Shephard was a hate crime. The murder of James Byrd Jr. was a hate crime. This is a goddamned cracker. Can you possibly diminish the abuse of real human beings any further?

So, what to do. I have an idea. Can anyone out there score me some consecrated communion wafers? There's no way I can personally get them – my local churches have stakes prepared for me, I'm sure – but 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. This post contains Myers's much-discussed /wafer request.

PZ later carried through with this plan, to the accompaniment of outrage from cracker-worshipers across the country.   