Do you think it's kind of satanic that people eat Christ's flesh and drink his blood?

Question

At the altar rail during Communion, the priest says that "this is the body and blood of Jesus Christ," to "take them in remembrance that Christ died for us," and to "feed on Him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving".I know it's a engaging in a symbolic and holy act by partaking of the bread and wine. but it seems a little strange to me.

I said kind of satanic read the full question. I know it's symbolic.

Answer 1

Satanic is when people sacrifice their children through the fire to their devils. And today, the satanic sacrifices are done & they drink the victims blood.

Jesus said for us to drink of the 'fruit of the vine' that this is to remind us that He shed His blood already & for the remission of our sins. So? We drink grape juice at our Churches Communion services.

This did seem strange. But God sent His Only begotten Son to pay the price for our sins. See? People already have been this evil. They torture innocent children or adults to death & in devil rituals. Jesus did this for us, suffered this for us. So? This put an end to any other types of human sacrifices. But obviously, evil people are still torturing innocent people to death in the world. And they are the ones who have rejected the 'Lamb of God'.

Answer 2

No.

This is a request from Jesus Christ, God the Son.

At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Take this bread. It is my body.” Then he said, “Take this and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.”

Catholics believe this was the First Eucharist, that through a miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Catholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where God, acting through the priest, changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

This is a great sacrament of thanksgiving and unity of Catholics.

By the way, Lutherans and many Anglicans also believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

Sometimes I might be evil, but not satanist.

We Catholics know of two kinds of food: one that is lesser than us and we transform it into ourselves when we eat it, and another kind that is greater than us, that transforms and draws us into itself - that is Jesus.

Love sometimes goes hidden to outside observers, but to the person who experiences it, it's very real. God is Love. Behind the transsubstanciation, the turning of the bread into the body of Christ, we Catholics recognize the same biblical "foolish" and sacrificing Love of Jesus, that is sometimes so impossible to comprehend.

But when the priest lifts up the eucharist and says "this is my body", we don't hear the priest, but Jesus himself: it's not a remembrance of the eucharist, but a re-living of it. Much like a person who re-lives a traumatic experience will start to sweat and clench his fists, so too we re-live the last supper experiencing the presence of the twelve apostles with the same respect towards Jesus they had.

For this reason, frankly, I would rather fall into the hands of a practicing Catholic, like Mother Teresa or even imacatholic2, than a practicing canibal, or satanist.

...thanks.

Answer 4

it is not symbolic.

the bread and wine become the body blood soul and divinity of christ.

try www.scripturecatholic.com and go to the eucharist section, the bible is full of eucharistic references you will find them at this site. christ is more alive than you or i and to partake of the eucharist is commanded by jesus at the last supper. the words you express i have not once heard at any catholic mass so i think you may have misunderstood the whole concept. here are more sites

www.askmeaboutgod.org
www.newadvent.org
www.fisheaters.com
www.ewtn.com

eucharist means thanksgiving. look into the practice of the todah meal and passover.

Answer 5

what I think is really kinda weird (not satanic) just weird is that during a a communion in a catholic church they say "hocus corpus mortem" believing these elements actually "trans-substantiate" into the actual blood and body of Christ.

So I understand your confusion, but I would not call it satanic. I have another view point, the elements taken from a tradition of Hebrew religion to celebrate a salvation of Gods people from death and torment, are important from a symbolic standpint only, but they are to remind us of the broken body of Christ and His shed Blood that was given for us in our place, a death we now no longer have to endure.

God Bless and thanks for the question

Answer 6

To Jews, it is an abomination, it's cannibalism. There is nothing like this in Judaism at all, let alone as the role of the Messiah, to be slaughtered like an animal for sin.

Let alone after that, to be EATEN and his blood drank?

Nope. This comes from ancient paganism where they would make a human sacrifice and then eat it's heart or brain, or whatever, in order to gain each thing's particular attributes such as the great strength and heart of a warrior, or whoever had been sacrificed.

The thought of eating pieces of a human or drinking their blood pretty much makes me throw up a little in my mouth.

And if they say he was God, well sorry, ya can't eat pieces of God. And if God deserted him on the cross at the moment of his death as Christianity claims, then all you had there was a totally human virgin sacrifice for sin. An abomination, and ancient pagan ritual like the Baal worshippers did, or the ancient Aztecs even.

Answer 7

I once described it as "Ritualised Cannabilism" in an Anthropology lecture.

I suspect it's meant to be more symbolic - as in becoming one with the person.

Nothing really statnic - just enforcing & spreading anti-Catholic feelings.
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Answer 8

In the Catholic Church in this country they just say "The Body of Christ" and we answer -- Amen, so I don't know what Church you are talking about but, regardless it is not cannibalism because that involves eating dead human flesh and Jesus is alive and instead of food in this world, where we eat it and it becomes a part of us, we eat Jesus and become a part of him

Answer 9

Unless you believe in transubstantiation, it is only a representation of Christ's body and blood. Its really only juice and crackers symbolizing Christ's perfect work on the cross.

Answer 10

Not satanic - Satanists don't do gross stuff like that. Symbolically vampirish or cannibalistic, yes.