If communion is where you pretend to eat the dead, then isn't that cannibalism. Why is communion tolerated!

Question

FYI, In Catholicism, they make it a point to finish the "body" and the "blood" as it cannot be thrown away. They are taught that it is the actual body and blood of Christ.

Answer 1

Yes, you are on to something there....

Communion = Cannibalism
Resurrection = Zombie

It is all part of the fear factor of religious brainwashing. Because no one knows what happens when we die, religions abuse that fear of the unknown to get people to follow these incredibly bizarre behaviors and beliefs. Embrace the fact that when you die you will find the truth and don't believe anyone who tells you what you should believe because no one has been there and back.

There is no Jesus or Santa Claus folks and the Bible is just an old book, get over it. Use your brain for something useful, not burying it into a cult book. You know how Star Trek people are? That is just like the Bible worshippers! They spend all their time wrapped up in the Bible, trying to find something, but it really just keeps them isolated from real life. You can make it through life without having a book to tell you what to do. Religion is more dangerous than helpful because it restricts critical thinking needed for the world to progress.

Again, great question, very insightful!

Answer 2

It is not only Catholics who partake in the custom of communion. Most (if not all) christians do so. The origin of communion comes from the so-called "Last Supper" which Jesus shared with his apostles before he was crucified. The account of the story is written in 1 Corinthians
11:24 - "and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me." The story goes on to tell of Jesus sharing wine as well, which he says represents his blood.

I agree with you that the custom of communion is quite odd. Yet seemingly normal people participate in the custom and think it is a "beautiful thing." Yet these same people would no doubt consider similar customs strange or even barbaric if they were practiced by non-christian groups.

I also find it odd that christians wear Crucifixions as jewelry. What if Jesus were, instead of crucified, beheaded? Would they wear a guillotine? If it had been later and there were an electric chair, would they wear little electric chairs around their necks?

So, to me, communion is similar to Ozzy Osborn pretending to bite the head off a bird. Pretty strange and done for the shock value. It's just been done for so long that the shock value has been lost.

Answer 3

This is the origin of this false teaching of the Catholic church.

Mithraism was a religion in the Roman Empire in the 1st through 5th centuries A.D. It was very popular among the Romans, especially among Roman soldiers, and was possibly the religion of several Roman emperors. While Mithraism was never given “official” status in the Roman empire, it was the de-facto official religion until Constantine and succeeding Roman emperors replaced Mithraism with Christianity. One of the key features of Mithraism was a sacrificial meal, which involved eating the flesh and drinking the blood of a bull. Mithras, the god of Mithraism, was “present” in the flesh and blood of the bull, and when consumed, granted salvation to those who partook of the sacrificial meal (theophagy, the eating of one’s god). Mithraism also had seven “sacraments,” making the similarities between Mithraism and Roman Catholicism too many to ignore. Constantine and his successors found an easy substitute for the sacrificial meal of Mithraism in concept of the Lord’s Supper / Christian Communion. Sadly, some early Christians had already begun to attach mysticism to the Lord’s Supper, rejecting the Biblical concept of a simple and worshipful remembrance of Christ’s death and shed blood. The Romanization of the Lord’s Supper made the transition to a sacrificial consumption of Jesus Christ, now known as the Catholic Mass / Eucharist, complete.

Answer 4

The act of Communion is not a riual of cannibalism. It is to "unify" us with Jesus. When you eat something, it becomes a part of you. The things that you consume are broken down and absorbed by your body...feeding it, giving it energy...in essence, life. The practice of communion is a physical statement of dedication to Jesus. You are partaking of his "flesh and blood" to 1) show that you are His disciple by honoring Him/ remembering His pain and suffering for all mankind 2) examine your own heart before partaking and forgive people who have wronged/hurt you as well as seek forgiveness from those that you have wronged. 3) become closer to Him by the dedication in your heart to Him. I get frustrated when people observe communion every week or so. I know that many of them are partaking out of pure hearts and true dedication. Some however, are not. Communion is a special and Holy ceremony. It should not be taken lightly. It is a wonderful thing and yet, a very solemn thing. The Bible says that a man shouldn't partake of communion if he is not worthy...meaning of right heart and spirit.

Answer 5

First Be Born Again And Then Talk About The Holy Communion

Answer 6

It's not pretending to eat the dead, that is, if you don't take the passage too literally (some parts of the Bible [any sound theologian will agree] are literal, others figurative), where Jesus says "Take, eat: this is my body." (Mark 14:22b)

Most Christians do NOT think that the bread and the wine taken durring communion really turn into flesh and blood.

J

Answer 7

I am trying to recall what I learned as a child. Jesus is the Lamb of God; a Lamb who allowed himself to be sacrificed so that those he loved (basically everyone) could be spared. Jesus told the disciples at the last supper that the bread represented his body which would be given so that sins would be forgiven. He said the wine represented the blood that would be shed so sins could be forgiven. When bread and wine are consecrated, and we partake of them, we are united with Christ. He told us to do this in memory of him. The faithful, (present company included) recognize this as the body and blood of Christ. If you think we are "pretending to practice cannibalism," you have a very limited understanding of this process. Perhaps you should visit a few seminaries to get information from people who have expertise in this.

Answer 8

Communion is confused. When Jesus said that the bread was the body of Christ it was a metaphor just like the wine is the blood of Christ is. It is just a reminder that you are a Christ but the chruch screwed that meaning all up. Jesus wasn't cannabal, nor premoted it.

Answer 9

One doesn't "pretend to eat the dead" in communion. Christ is alive and continues to remain alive within the believer in a divine mystery that doesn't need to be mocked by those that do not understand or participate in this rite.

Other faiths see this as a symbol or merely an undefined mystery, and again, not at all pretending to eat the dead. If you simply wish to insult Christianity, you have done so.

Answer 10

This is certainly true in the Roman Catholic Church. You have to believe that the priest has the power to turn bread and wine into the actual flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. There is absolutely no room for doubt on this point as it is one of the central tenets of the religion. There is no question of it just been considered symbolic.
People have been tortured and killed in past centuries for denying this belief.