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But you're still supposed to eat it, right? After all, all transubstantiated wafers literally turn into the flesh of the Christ, although they usually keep the appearance and taste of wafers (or so I'm told). Doesn't sound particularly miraculous to me .
But you're still supposed to eat it, right? After all, all transubstantiated wafers literally turn into the flesh of the Christ, although they usually keep the appearance and taste of wafers (or so I'm told). Doesn't sound particularly miraculous to me .
Eating something that turns into human flesh and blood sounds like cannibalism to me. I'm also concerned about what this might do to my cholesterol.
They come in white or wheat? I bought a bag of 50 communion wafers at a mall kiosk in Southern California a while back.... not a good snack to munch on. Very dry. Guess that's what the blood of christ is for
I've never had them nor does anyone I know practice that.
It doesn't make sense to me. What's the point if they can do nothing for you. I mean, does it help you get to heaven quicker by eating them or understanding what they represent? I guess that's just another of the many reasons I don't go to all those man made church things. Never did make sense to do something material if my life is ending up on the spirit side. Aren't church people supposed to be working for God? And if so, shouldn't they be working on the spiritual side and not the material side of being?
I don't believe it. I invited a much simpler miracle to turn water into wine, and it never happened. If it had, I'd have converted.
This miracle achieved nothing as they all believed anyway. It doesn't make sense as a spontaneous miracle produced by faith as it's never been claimed to have occurred before (that I ever heard) so I think this comes across as inherently unbelievable.
I don't think anyone has ever explained whether the flesh is going to be cooked or if you have to eat it raw. I would certainly be spitting that out of my mouth if such a transformation took place.
I don't think anyone has ever explained whether the flesh is going to be cooked or if you have to eat it raw. I would certainly be spitting that out of my mouth if such a transformation took place.
"Seek thee thy solace in The Lord" Bring money & wine."
Given the relentless arrogance and financial power of the Catholic Church, I've always wondered about the quality of their communion wine and those crackers. Aren't they probably quite high quality? Say, a complex, full-bodied Zinfandel (yum!) from the old grapes around Amador County in California, or from some very historical vinyards on central Italy?
"Chewy, let subtle, with faint traces of blackberry, humiliation and the blood of our enemies, and carrying a strong ethanolic finish "("hic".... wassuppp, fathhherrr?)
And those crackers: Do they come with a nice Gruyere for the fathers when they re-convene out in the back of the seminary? I know it'd be kinda hard on the bottom line if they started spreading them with a nice Brie for the congregation, so hell, let the paying peons just get 'em dry. Long as they are not stale! Then the peons would probably stop coming by...
(This reminds me of when my good wife and I visited Nova Scotia some years ago. One of the truly nicest tourist destinations in the world! The lobster? The hot fresh french bread loaves for lunch along with the lobster bisque. Did I mention the lobster? About $3/lb back then, in Canuck Bucks no less...)
But anyhow.. you'd be driving towards some small, poor fishing or farming village, and from, oh, 5 - 10 miles away you could see the monumental Catholic church steeple. On arrival you'd find a virtually poverty-stricken village with really small and humble homes, but there would be that church, plus a tourist plaque that noted it took over 80 years of village labor (and donations? Nah....) to construct it.
Inside, the priests got their weekly free fish, wine, produce and tithes. And labor. How quaint.
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