1. I can't really take the blog seriously because of the language. therefore I can not take the death threats that he is talking about seriously as well. angry resentful people exaggerate and blow things out of proportion.
2. most churches, especially catholic churches will actually ask that only believers come up to receive the body of christ - since there are always a few christians in the church who don't agree with the catholic view regarding the body of christ *symbolic versus literal*
3. you don't believe, you've no business coming up. period. it wasn't the cracker being stolen, so much as a total disrespect in a ritual that is meant for only a catholic to participate in. the ritual I repeat, is not open to non-believers. the church is, the ritual is not.
4. church on a whole is a place for believers, and believers in the church. it's meant to be a safe happy little spot for church-based family. it's like inviting someone you trust into your home, only to have them take something of sentimental value from you without permission. or rather, what if you started an atheist only club only to discover a XIAN within your group =b and then the XIAN disobeys your rules
5. whether or not the angry people realize it, what really made them angry was the lie of being a believer, and being entrusted with something meant for only believers. its like entrusting a secret to whom you thought was a friend, only to have them say it to everyone behind your back. it was trust and disrespect of that trust that made them angry.
6. I am actually not catholic. And there are very few people who are more against dogmatic rituals as I am. HOWEVER, when in the walls of a religious place, it is like coming into someone elses home. you are a guest there, you need to show some respect. you don't want to show respect, be an adult and don't bloody go. I don't. I don't go. perrriooood.
7. the only people who have any real right to make a scene at church, are christians who are challenging the church. in this matter, it becomes a protest and a statement. Just as it is, that only the people of a specific country can really protest against their own government. What does a foreigners words mean, if no one in the country cares?
8. how weak is a statement at church from a non-believer. your actions and protest would mean NOTHING. and would only be counter-production. look at how mean the atheists are children? look at how the people who are going to hell behave? do you really think the actions of a non-believer at church can change anything?
9. if your aim isn't change, then you are just angry, bitter and resentful. get over what ever issue you have with church and move on with your pity life.
10. if you are wanting to see changes as a non-believer, you need to understand your only arena to challenge church is outside of its walls.
the point that I am trying to make is, your view point, and the view point of the blogger is wrong. it is not that someone does not believe in the 'cracker' that made them angry. most christian churches last I checked do not agree with the catholic church regarding the literacy of the bread being Christ's body. this does not make anyone so angry they need to make death threats.
and again, there are always such christians at catholic masses, because of marriages and such forth to non catholics.
trust and respect belong to the ego. do I believe that someone was pissed enough to make a death threat? someones ego trust and respect being slapped in the face has made people angry beyond belief. I am not justifying the behavior. again, only explaining the behavior stems from human ego, NOT FAITH.
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