And now let's move on

Not my cup of tea, let's be clear, but the science-blogger P.Z. Myers claims to have made good on his threats of last week to desecrate a communion wafer, as a blow against what he views as superstition. His post today begins with almost King Jamesian simplicity:

It is finished.

His methods contained a dash of bitter historical irony -- and coffee grounds. To show his ecumenical spirit, he also "desecrated" a few pages of the Koran. (His Catholic critics kept egging him on to do this, he writes, charging that he possessed double standards.) To show he considers no belief system beyond challenge, he also "desecrated" pages from a Richard Dawkins book, one of his favorites, an atheist tract.

God willing, the response will peak at the level of angry emails, blog posts, and letters to Myers's bosses at the University of Minnesota.