RE: [asa] Nailing sacred things to the wall... and idols

Jesus said it best, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." Luke 23:34.

Moorad

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu on behalf of David Heddle
Sent: Wed 8/13/2008 8:03 AM
To: Dehler, Bernie
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: [asa] Nailing sacred things to the wall... and idols

Bernie,

It would not upset me at all. I would just view it with a detached curiosity that someone should do something for an optimizing convolution of its potential hurtfulness and the ensuing notoriety. To me that was the story behind the story of the Eucharist desecration. Ostensibly it was about the student who got hounded for removing a host from the church. In reality, it seems to me, it was about how to stick it to Catholics and how to make it all about PZ.

But again there is nothing that PZ could do to a bible that would upset me. That's just ink and paper. The Word was in the beginning, and the Word cannot be destroyed.

David Heddle

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Dehler, Bernie <bernie.dehler@intel.com> wrote:

        From: http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=33156

        
        "The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission are calling for disciplinary action against biologist Paul Z. Myers. On July 24, he placed a video on his blog in which the Eucharist - the communion wafer that Catholics believe is the body and blood of Christ after it has been consecrated by a priest during Mass - was pierced with a rusty nail."

        This made me think. Would people on this ASA list be upset if Myers took a Bible and nailed it to the wall? How about a "Bible on CD?" What about a "Bible on cassette?" Just wondering as to some opinions. I suspect that nailing a Bible would upset many, but nailing a cassette would mean nothing ... why is that? Both the book and cassette are only vehicles for transmitting the message. Can this reveal if the Bible (in book form) has become an idol in the minds of some?

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