Biologist PZ Myers tortured Jesus.
Well, he drove a nail into a communion wafer (as well as pages of the Muslim Qur’an and Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion), then threw it out with a banana and coffee grounds. For his sacrilege, he says, the atheist professor got thousands of e-mails from angry Christians, some threatening, some just saying they’d pray for his depraved soul. His response: “It’s just a cracker.”
Silly, provocative, maybe even mean-spirited, but damned if I don’t wish I’d thought of it first. After all, the only torment caused here is metaphysical, which I sure don’t believe in (permanent disclosure: My co-writer Cole is a Christian; I’m an atheist). I’m not sure of my colleague’s thoughts on the matter, Protestant as he is. It seems this act of passive-aggression would violate God’s commandments on blasphemy even if this is just a cracker. The real sinful act would be the provocation of the Catholics.
Also: That is one weak-looking cracker.
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