PZ Myers discusses "IT'S A FRACKIN' CRACKER!" post on Catholic Radio International

So here's the deal:

James Webster, a student at the University of Central Florida, attended Mass held on campus with a friend he brought with him a few weeks ago. Apparently, when James went up to receive the Eucharist he brought it back to his seat to show his friend instead of consuming it on the spot (fyi, the Eucharist is a magical piece of bread that turns into Jesus when Catholics eat it). Well, a church leader noticed and tried to retrieve the cracker from him, supposedly by force.

You can read more about the incident here.

Anyhow, PZ Myers of Pharyngula blogged about it and said this:

"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. I won't be tempted to hold it hostage (no, not even if I have a choice between returning the Eucharist and watching Bill Donohue kick the pope in the balls, which would apparently be a more humane act than desecrating a goddamned cracker), but will instead treat it with profound disrespect and heinous cracker abuse, all photographed and presented here on the web. I shall do so joyfully and with laughter in my heart. If you can smuggle some out from under the armed guards and grim nuns hovering over your local communion ceremony, just write to me and I'll send you my home address."

PZ was recently interviewed by Catholic Radio International to discuss his blog entry about the cracker. The interview was relatively dull but I loved PZ's response to the "you can't prove that you love someone, so don't expect proof of God" argument. When posed with this pretty lame apology for the existence of God, PZ rebutted,

"If you believe that love exists without empirical evidence then you fit the definition of a stalker."

LMFAO!

You can listen to the full interview here.