2007-04-09 13:24:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
not only that, they encourage children to do that cannibalism nonsense every weekend, too.
cultism. the worst form of child abuse!
2007-04-09 13:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, what I realize is that Jesus was giving a spiritual picture of what the wine and the bread represented just like eating the passover meal was a remembrance of the symbolic lamb's blood that was pointing to the sacrifice that God himself would provide by sending his Son.
John 6:54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"
61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
It's just like what Jesus was saying in chapter 7.
John 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Did Jesus really mean that a river was going to flow out of someone's heart? Of course not. He was using a metaphor for the Spirit.
2007-04-09 13:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeed, you are citing a figure of speech from the Gospel of John, chap. 6, the drinking of Jesus blood & eating of Jesus flesh.
It's critical to apply sound principles of interpretation as we approach the Bible. We (you) do the same thing when we communicate in our culture...you interpret communciation according to a natural, literal, historical framework. The context dictates where we interpret a biblical passage in either a literal or in a figurative/allegorical manner.
For example, one might say to you, "The sky is blue". The context indicates for understanding that the sky is the color blue, not that it is 'sad'. And if your sister signs a letter 'love', you do not understand that to be a romantic love, but a familial one. Again, context directs...
Again, it sure be clear that the passage you cited from in John 6 is to be understood in a figurative sense. Elsewhere in Scripture we have many instances where we are told straightaway plain that salvation comes from receiving by faith, the perfect attonement of Jesus Christ' death/ressurection at Calvary.
2007-04-09 13:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by snookynibbles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I am going to Heaven ... I don't have to 'actually drink blood and eat flesh' as your question implies, because Jesus gave us 'symbols' for doing this at the last Supper, when he said 'Take this and eat, it is my body that is given up for you' (bread) and 'Take this and drink, it is my blood shed for you' (wine) ... and that is ONLY JESUS 'blood and body' that we need to consume, not 'any or all blood' nor 'any and all flesh' (actually, it should read 'human blood and human flesh, by the way ... or was Jesus ALSO GOD?) Your 'question' is 'ridiculous' and is meant to cause a 'big problem' here ... sorry, but I'm not 'buying your schtick' ...
2007-04-09 13:40:28 · answer #4 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh really, and where did you find that in the Bible, now I know thats not in the Bible. Jesus broke bread and told his disiples to take eat this is the symbol of my body broken for you. He gave them wine and told them to drink for it symbolizes the blood spilled for you. At church we do the same every sunday it's called communion. Like I told abother person, don't take rumors from other sources of you are going to talk about Christianity read the Bible first and then you can state you argument.
2007-04-09 13:32:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said: "This MEANS my body." and "This MEANS my blood."(Matthew 26:26, 28) During the memorial of Christs death, the wine and bread do not become actual flesh and blood. In fact, this would be in direct violation of God's law to "abstain from blood". (Acts 15:20)
2007-04-09 13:34:41 · answer #6 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is referred as a spiritual encounter and not to be related to mankind eating one's flesh and drinking their blood.
2007-04-09 13:27:32 · answer #7 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The blood and flesh of what?
I consume oranges, drink their bloody juice and eat their fleshy fiber. Does that count? :-)
2007-04-09 13:28:40 · answer #8 · answered by americansneedtowakeup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't know what a metaphor is? Are you the last surviving relative of the Donner Party?
2007-04-09 15:22:38 · answer #9 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is why the Bible says that we should study to shew ourselves approved...... So that when people come to us with things that don't make sense, we can cast it off to the status of rambling. May God Bless U.
2007-04-09 13:28:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tony, where do yo get these crazy things? What are you really talking about? Are you talking about the Communion?
If it is, you need to find out what it really is.
2007-04-09 13:31:19 · answer #11 · answered by Auburn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋