No, we do not practice cannibalism. Jesus told us whoever "I am the lliving bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world" In scripture, it says the Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?. Jesus said to them. "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. This can all be found in the Gospel of John, Chapter 6 where he gives the Bread of Life Discourse. Catholics do believe that the bread and wine do become the real presence, body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ himself during the consecration. It is under the species of bread and wine, but it is truly Jesus.
2006-08-22 14:54:21
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answered by Anonymous
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Look up 'transubstantiation' in Google, or the Catholic Encyclopedia (on-line). When the host and wine is 'consecrated', Catholic dogma says that the miracle of transubstantiation occurs, transforming the cracker and the wine into the ACTUAL body and blood of Christ. They do not see eating this ACTUAL flesh and blood as cannibalism, but, rather, as a 'sacrament'... although I have a hard time understanding how anybody could rationalize a circumstance under which that is NOT cannibalism.
Also, one would think that with the number of times this has been done over the past 2,000 years, he would be all eaten-up by now.
2006-08-22 14:31:20
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answered by Anonymous
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By taking the wine (or grape juice in some denominations) and bread/wafer/whatever we accept our guilt - it is saying "I, too, have sinned, and accept Christ's suffering the punishment for me." It is like saying "I have blood on my hands," to use a modern term - it is all symbolic, not real flesh and blood.
Many protestants believe you don't have to use wine and bread, just what ever is at hand. Heck, I've used billy-tea and damper (outback campfire cooked tea and campfire cooked bread for the non-Aussies) - so long as the spirit of the ocassion is right, it's okay.
As for what most Catholics believe, I'm afraid you have to ask them, I don't 100% know.
2006-08-22 14:36:49
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answered by d_f_cornish 2
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Unless you are a Catholic, please do not speak as if you know what Catholics believe.
In Catholicism, the body and blood of Christ is not cannibalism because Christ isn't human, Jesus is human. This is why it is not the body and blood of Jesus, because that would be cannibalism. Jesus Christ is 100% human and 100% god. Consuming the body and blood of a divine being by definition cannot be cannibalism.
2006-08-22 15:43:56
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answered by the_alliance47 3
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Only Catholics believe that it is real flesh and blood. For other Christians it is symbolic.
2006-08-22 14:41:34
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answered by 1337 2
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No, we don't. Jesus said "Take, eat. This MEANS my body, which is to be given in your behalf" and "Take, drink. This MEANS my blood, which is to be poured out in your behalf." These are symbols only. Only a few, misguided Christian religions believe that the bread and wine are transmuted into actual blood and flesh. But the Bible actually says that we are to "obstain from blood", and gives no exceptions.
2006-08-22 14:27:22
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answered by Epitome_inc 4
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They eat symbolic representations of the spiritual body, not choice cuts from the cannibal cuisine.
2006-08-22 14:28:14
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answered by fishing66833 6
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no, the whole thing with the Lord's Supper is symbolic. It's just bread and wine, not actual flesh and blood. that's just disgusting and wrong.
2006-08-22 14:25:56
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answered by willowprincess 4
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No. Catholics for some reason say when they take communion, it's really Jesus' blood and body. Really. It's called transubstantiation. Funny alot of them don't even know this.
It's symbolic, that's all.
2006-08-22 14:25:55
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answered by christian_lady_2001 5
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Jesus spoke in metephors most of the time. This is one of them. Jesus Christ also said that if you see sin, you should gouge your eyes out and if you touch something sinful, you should cut your hands off. This is not to be taken literally. It only examplifies the seriousness of his word.
2006-08-22 14:31:16
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answered by CK 5
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