christ came to the planet to save people, not for those same people to eat him up like mere food..............
2007-05-20 04:08:52 · 18 answers · asked by Alexa V. 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He is low fat and delicious + Judas had a lot of leftovers from the bake sale
2007-05-20 04:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by Rickdark1 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mithraism was a Pagan 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.
2007-05-20 04:16:27 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Communion is a sacred sacrament, that Jesus gave us in the Bible, he told us to do it at the Last Supper, and nowhere does it claim it is only a metaphor. He quenches our hunger, eternally. Do we eat, human flesh no of course not, we eat bread and wine however through the process of transubstantiation (mouthful) the priest transforms ordinary bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ, repeating the words of Jesus at the last supper.
You may say this is barbaric, but many of Jesus' early followers left him after saying that they must eat of his body and drink of his blood.
2007-05-20 04:12:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That is so silly, Catholics do not eat Christ. All Christians partake in the sacrament of Holy Communion, but it is truly only a symbolic act of recognizing the sacrifice of Jesus.
The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
Grace and Peace
Peg
2007-05-20 04:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There are lots of Christian religions that practice communion. It's a tradition and a sacrament. They believe that Jesus said at the last supper "do this in memory of me" - so they do it. What does it harm?
I used to be Catholic - and believe me - the host isn't really like "food." I don't think there is much nutrition in it - and it doesn't taste very good either. Also - when the Catholics (I don't know about the other religions) eat the host - they really do believe it is the body of Christ. Not food.
2007-05-20 04:15:18 · answer #5 · answered by liddabet 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The act of the holy communion replaced into first achieved by technique of Jesus himself over the previous supper. of course he on no account shrink out his flesh or pour out his blood for everyone on the table to consume and drink. With thorough awareness of the destiny Jesus asked anybody to consume the bread asserting it replaced into his flesh and drink the wine asserting it replaced into his blood. He wanted them to consume the bread and drink the wine in REMEMBRANCE of the large sacrifice that should be coming. Christians partake in the holy communion in REMEMBRANCE of God's wonderful sacrifice and profound love for sinners like us whom he would have merely punished which could have been a lot much less annoying for him. once you consume the wafer you do no longer consume Jesus' flesh or Jesus himself yet it would be considered which you have standard that Jesus died on your sins. So what is going in for the duration of the mouth is immaterial yet what has pop out of your heart (your confessions and your faith in Jesus' sacrifice) via your mouth is what's greater significant
2016-12-17 17:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because He told us to. "Amen Amen I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Som 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. Jn 6:53-54
2007-05-20 04:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whole Communion practice is very Biblical.
Catholics are actually following the instructions that Jesus gave in the Last Supper account.
Obviously, it's not his literal body or blood.
2007-05-20 04:13:19 · answer #8 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
well, He did say "take this all of you, and eat it, this is my body"
He also said "whoever doesn't eat my flesh and drink my blood can't receive the Kingdom of Heaven" or something similar
It also a tradition in Judaism to eat a bit of the sacrificial lamb, and since Jesus is our sacrificial lamb...
2007-05-20 04:13:46 · answer #9 · answered by (insert creative name here) 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They don't really do that. Catholic priests lift a piece of stale bread and call it "the body of Christ". It means they deify a piece of bread therefore committing idolatry. Then they call it, sacrament. RUBBISH! The Church is the body of Christ.
2007-05-20 04:15:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋