that the ritualistic cannibalization of one's own savior is weird??
2006-11-09 16:33:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i've always said it was...yes.
of course, those who practice the cannibalism and encourage kids to participate, will see nothing wrong with it. just like charles manson saw nothing wrong with what he did... people who are that screwed up think that the nonsense they do is really cool.
you look hot, Matt.
2006-11-09 16:43:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bread and the wine symbolizes the blood and the body of Christ. The bible says that Christians are to participated in this often in rememberance of what Jesus did for us. Howerver the Catholic and the Orthodox church teach that the priest does his hocus pocus thing and the bread and wine actually change into blood and flesh. It is called transubtiation and the bible condemns this practice.
2006-11-10 02:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ritual cannibalism is as old as religion itself. the whole bread and wine routine comes directly out of the cross over from hunter/herder (blood sacrifice of animals to express gratitude for or to ensure a good hunt) to agrarian societies (blood sacrifice of humans to ensure soil fertility).
2006-11-10 01:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by nebtet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that would be wierd, but Holy Communion, which represents eating His flesh and drinking His blood, is beautiful.
You have to understand that Jesus often spoke of Himself as "The Word". How do we consume Jesus? By reading and studying and dwelling on His Word.
2006-11-10 00:40:51 · answer #4 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do think it is an interesting form of worship.
Not something I would be comfortable doing.
But some people do seem to find it very uplifting and enlightening. They have their free will to do as they wish.
2006-11-10 00:43:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting way to put it. I think that by taking Christ's body into our body (consuming) we are supposed to take into ourselves the traits of Jesus, the character and attitude of Jesus. It was like the tradition of eating the Passover lamb, it was meant to be the blameless remover of sins, in the same way Jesus was asking his disciples, and later us, to take into ourselves the same sort of blamelessness, but this time it was a permanent one, not one to be done every year.
2006-11-10 00:39:57 · answer #6 · answered by Morgan 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The truth is I eat the bread of life and drink the blood as oft as I meet.
Many fall away at this saying.
He is the bread of life. By Him, we shall never thirst.
I think that Jesus is the bread of life.
2006-11-10 00:37:42 · answer #7 · answered by Jessica M 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it is just a symbol, although some people take it very seriously. No matter how weird it is, it is just a symbol.
2006-11-10 01:02:45 · answer #8 · answered by The Mask 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose you speaking of Holy Communion...
It is strictly symbolic and I rather enjoy Holy Communion service, when I go...
2006-11-10 00:36:07 · answer #9 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
What he means, is ...well, if you don't get it, then well, you don't get it. After a while, if that's all you eat, that is what you become. Haven't you heard that saying before?
2006-11-10 00:36:03 · answer #10 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋