Headlines I never thought I'd be writing.

[theweaselking]

What do Stephen Harper and PZ Myers have in common? Why, they both kidnapped, tortured, and murdered JESUS! And DIDN'T EAT HIM.

Also: He did this at Roméo LeBlanc's funeral.

Why did none of you tell me Roméo LeBlanc was dead?

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[ed-dirt.livejournal.com]

HE PUT THE WAFER IN HIS POCKET???

*crying with laughter*

Treating "Jesus" like a little snack you can save for later.

*see above*

[nubule.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this is how I found about his death, too.

[harald387.livejournal.com]

US Scandal: President boffs interns.
Canadian Scandal: PM *KIDNAPS JESUS*.

Clinton can take his cigar and sho-- too late.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

"Well, i don't need salvation right now, but tonight for sure."

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

Because when people at work noticed the flags flying at half-mast, most of them thought it was for Michael Jackson.

Re: At least he didn't eat a different species...

[sivi-volk.livejournal.com]

I won't click on it, but is that Kilmeade and his 'ethnics' thing?

[sanityimpaired.livejournal.com]

"Yup. Going to need it after I bury that hooker."

[sanityimpaired.livejournal.com]

There's a few interesting angles to this.

1) The Catholic priest involved in this is claiming that it's disrespectful to the Catholic faith to not participate in a Catholic ritual at a Catholic funeral. This is, in fact, crazy talk. The real crime is forcing a member of another religion to participate in your crazy religious rituals in order to attend a funeral. That would mean you're barred from attending the funeral unless you participate, which is discrimination based upon religion. Erm... oops?

2) Priests don't walk up and down the aisles handing out wafers to everybody who attends. You line up at the front of the church if you want one; there's no obligation. So he wouldn't be up there if he didn't want a wafer? Occam's razor, you daft buggers!

3) Catholics are doing it wrong. There are so much tastier ways to commit deiphagy.

[jerril]

The real crime is forcing a member of another religion to participate in your crazy religious rituals in order to attend a funeral. That would mean you're barred from attending the funeral unless you participate, which is discrimination based upon religion.

uh. No.

See, much like at a tea party when offered a biscuit, and with almost the same hand gesture, you indicate "no thank thankyou" and they don't give you the wafer.

You ESPECIALLY don't go line up to recieve one.

That's it. You can go hang out in a Catholic church until the priest gets tired and asks you to leave, for any public ceremony at all. Don't have to be Catholic, don't have to take communion.

Being a non-Catholic who attended both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox rites for a high-school social science project, I was given this advice by my Lutheran teacher. Hasn't steered me wrong so far!