• arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    301·
    30 days ago

    The cannibalistic symbolism in Christianity has always been incredibly bizarre to me. It’s even more bizarre that Christians don’t seem to think anything of it.

    • breecher@sh.itjust.works
      23·
      30 days ago

      Because Christians are world champions at taking the most bizarre desert apocalyptic cult ravings and “interpret” them into something which fits nicely with what they prefer to believe instead.

      • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
        6·
        29 days ago

        The central idea is that human sacrifice is effective and symbolic cannibalism is a sacred thing… but LGBTQ people existing is a crime against nature.

        It makes sense if you just never think about it.

  • salty_chief@lemmy.world
    6·
    30 days ago

    Vampires always quoting this bible versus. It gets annoying. Like we get it you are just following Jesus.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    30 days ago

    Watch out, you’re straying close to heresy.

    In relation to the process of digestion, the Catholic Church’s teaching has been expressed in this way: “The substance of Christ’s body is not subject to processes of digestion or to any chemical reactions. The qualities of bread of course behave in their normal way, undergoing a change as they are affected by digestion. Our Lord’s substantial presence ceases as these qualities cease to retain those characteristics proper to bread.”

    • Muad'dib@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      7·
      30 days ago

      I was kind of hoping they’d have an official stance that calories from Jesus bread don’t count.

    • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      30 days ago

      “The Sacrament of the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ really present under the appearances of bread and wine; if the appearances cease to be present, then the sacrament no longer exists, and so the Real Presence ceases.”

      “The Eucharistic presence of Christ begins at the moment of the consecration and endures as long as the Eucharistic species subsist. Christ is present whole and entire in each of the species and whole and entire in each of their parts, in such a way that the breaking of the bread does not divide Christ.”

      Hold on, I figured out a trick for infinite communion wine. Just water it down but occasionally add some Red 40 so it still looks the same. It’s theologically sound!

        • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          29 days ago

          You just wait. Come Vatican III, my homeopathic infini-wine will be an accepted, nay, mandated part of Catholic mass. They’re always saying to be more like Jesus, and what’s more Jes-ish than duplicating food to feed the masses?