What is the difference between cannibalism and communion?

Answer 1

The answer that follows is not my own thought but that of a poster to the webpage cited below. The words of funkmasterfreaky: It's just symbolism, done in remembrance of what Jesus has done for us. That he shed his blood and sacraficed his body beneath Roman whips and torture in order that we might know God. When I take communion I know that it is only juice and bread. It's a time to stop and reflect on the wonderous gift our Lord has bestowed on us. To know that it is Christ in me that allows me this wonderful relationship with my creator, that by his blood and body I can be seen as righteous before the Lord God. There are probably some who disagree, however scripturally it's just a remebrance thing.

Answer 2

Cannibalism is the eating of human meat. Communion is a sacrament taken in some Christians.

Answer 3

What is the difference between cannibalism and communion?

Not much, eat his body, drink his blood, seems
self explanatory to me. One is done for the spiritual value, the other for its nutritional content.

Have a blessed day.

Answer 4

Communion is eating the "sacramental" body and blood of Jesus. Cannibalism is just eating someone out right. One gives spiritual life, one brings on the death of a fellow human being. Which one are you more inclined to participate in?

Answer 5

lol, ur fumme


Communion has several meanings within Christianity. It can refer to:

Communion (Christian), the relationship between Christians as individuals or Churches
The Communion of Saints, a doctrine of Christianity mentioned in the Apostles' Creed
A group of related Christian churches or denominations
The Eucharist, the rite that Christians perform in fulfillment of Jesus' instruction to do in memory of him what he did at his Last Supper
The Communion rite, that part of the Eucharistic rite in which the consecrated bread and wine are distributed to participants
Communion (chant), the Gregorian chant that accompanies this rite

Cannibalism (from Spanish caníbal, in connection with alleged cannibalism among the Caribs), also called anthropophagy (from Greek anthropos "man" and phagein "to eat") is the act or practice of humans eating other humans. In zoology, the term cannibalism is extended to refer to any species eating members of its own kind.

Cannibalism has been attributed to many different tribes and ethnicities in the past, but the degree to which it has actually occurred and been socially sanctioned is an extremely controversial topic in anthropology, owing to the extreme taboo against its practice in most cultures. Some anthropologists argue that cannibalism has been almost non-existent and view claims of cannibalism with extreme skepticism, while others argue that the practice was common in pre-state societies. Several archaeologists have claimed that some ruins in the American Southwest contain evidence of cannibalism. Individual cases in other countries have been seen with mentally unstable persons, criminals, and, in unconfirmed rumors, by religious zealots.

Care should thus be taken to distinguish between ritual cannibalism sanctioned by a cultural code, cannibalism by necessity occurring in extreme situations of famine and cannibalism by mentally disturbed persons.


see the difference?

jeesh.....

Answer 6

A cannibal kills and consumes an unwilling subject. When we take communion we are partaking in the miracle that Jesus promised us in John Chapter 6 and commemorated at the last supper.

Answer 7

Communion is the symbol of accepting Jesus death on the cross for your sins. Cannibalism is really eating human flesh.

Answer 8

I believe the definition I heard from the Catholic side is that "Communion is the unbloodied sacrifice of the body and blood of Jesus Christ". I believe Lutherans look at it as "on, with, and under, but not in". Presbyterians and Reformed look at it as a mystery but still a sacrament, and other Protestant denominations look at it as a symbol only. From the Heidelberg catechism, "Just as the water of baptism is not changed into Christ's blood and does not itself wash away sins but is simply God's sign and assurance, so too the bread of the Lord's supper is not changed into the actual body of Christ even though it is called the body of Christ in keeping with the nature and language of the sacraments." and "as bread and wine nourish our temporal life, so too his crucified body and poured-out blood truly nourish our souls for eternal life.

Hope that clears things up a little bit about what communion is (to one of the denominations anyway) -- but it's not cannibalism.

Answer 9

if you truly have faith, you must believe that the wafer and wine really are the body and blood of jesus in a spiritual sense. so i guess communion is spiritual cannibalism, which is an obsolete way of gaining spiritual power. there are many spiritual cannibals and vampires out there. be careful of them. there are much better ways of gaining spiritual power, and much healthier ways. (i think the body of jesus is a bit stale by now)

Answer 10

Cannibalism is actual consumption of Human flesh while Communion is merely symbolic consumption of human flesh. Peace.