Biologist PZ Myers has followed through on his threat to acquire a consecrated communion wafer and deface it–for good measure, he also decided to desecrate an English translation of the Koran (which, according to my understanding of Islam, doesn’t actually count as a copy of the Koran) and a copy of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion apparently just to ensure he angered as many people as possible in a single act.
While I’m generally in agreement with Myers’ sentiment that people should “question everything,” it’s not obvious to me that public, petty iconoclasty is the most productive means of doing so. Amber Taylor, from whom I got the link, predicts this situation will not end well, and I fear she is right.
