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MineralMan

(148,357 posts) Fri Jan 11, 2019, 01:49 PM Jan 2019

Are there any religions besides Christianity where followers [View all]

eat their deity and drink its blood? Now, I know that most denominations treat that transformation as a symbolic thing, but the largest and oldest primary denomination of Christianity, the Roman Catholic Church, maintains that the bread and wine actually change into the body and blood of Jesus. What a strange doctrine that is!

How far can faith carry people into irrational beliefs? Apparently, quite far, indeed.

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Are there any religions besides Christianity where followers [View all] MineralMan Jan 2019 OP

I gather ritual cannibalism is mostly about a messenger to the gods, rather than the god itself Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #1

Well, Jesus is both a demi-god and god at the same time, MineralMan Jan 2019 #3

Oh, definitely nonsense. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #6

You must eat an infinite number of them for that. MineralMan Jan 2019 #13

Some gods are huge. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #20

I think Pastafarians do underpants Jan 2019 #2

Aha! You're absolutely correct! MineralMan Jan 2019 #4

Good point. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #5

And how! n/t trotsky Jan 2019 #7

Do they? Mariana Jan 2019 #12

I add parmigiano reggiano just before taking MineralMan Jan 2019 #19

God catch. Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #23

The Gauls took heads, don't know if that was religious as we understand it... Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #8

i was raised Catholic RoBear Jan 2019 #9

I Grok your post shadowmayor Jan 2019 #10

Side note OriginalGeek Jan 2019 #11

Really devout Catholics consume their God daily. MineralMan Jan 2019 #14

every day!? OriginalGeek Jan 2019 #22

One Hour. One Should Fast for One Hour before Taking Communion. MineralMan Jan 2019 #15

Better they eat the flesh and drink the blood of their own god... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #16

Hi MineralMan - As a practicing Catholic, this is definitely one of our core beliefs and Pendrench Jan 2019 #17

OK. I know it is the belief of the RCC. MineralMan Jan 2019 #18

Hi MineralMan - Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post. Pendrench Jan 2019 #21

... Major Nikon Jan 2019 #24

Why, that's sacrilegious, I believe! MineralMan Jan 2019 #25

Nothing more than the interpretation of metaphor Major Nikon Jan 2019 #26

It's doubtful to the point of being ludicrous that you are going to Hell. MineralMan Jan 2019 #28

Metaphorically speaking, of course Major Nikon Jan 2019 #29

Everything is a metaphor, see. MineralMan Jan 2019 #30

With TM at level 9 you get the flying perk Major Nikon Jan 2019 #34

a pagan ritual the ROMAN preistthood adapted for the early days of the Church when beachbum bob Jan 2019 #27

Does Barbecue count? LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #31

Only if it's on a spit. MineralMan Jan 2019 #32

You mean the altar? LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #33

As long as they're doing it, they may as well have fun with it. You can't eat just one. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #35

OMG! I almost spewed my gin and tonic! MineralMan Jan 2019 #36