To: Mrs. Don-o
No, once again you're saying stuff that isn't there, and falsely attributing it to St. James. St. James never used the word "cannibalism" or even alluded to the concept of "cannibalism."
Making a victim of someone, any one, and consuming (eating) their flesh and drinking their blood is cannibalism, which was forbidden in the Law that Jesus Christ kept perfectly, according to the Bible (sinless son of man and Son of God).
Participating in scheduled worship sessions that employ cannibalistic rituals, no matter how "spiritual" or pleasant, goes far far beyond doing acts that involve the remembrance of Jesus' sacrifice for our sins as often as we will. Cannibalism did not take place at the final Passover Seder that Jesus had nor at any "The Lord's Supper" in times since, at least in our local church congregation.
To: Resettozero
Actually, cannibalism consists of eating anatomical/physiological dead body parts. What we eat in Communion is not "physiological." It is not "parts." And He is not "dead."
In Communion we receive the whole, living Christ as He is: infinite, eternal, far surpassing the bounds of the Universe, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.
It is carnal to the extreme to call this cannibalism, as well as insulting to Our Lord. Please try to avoid carnal-mindedness.
739 posted on
07/06/2015 1:52:53 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
("For My Body is real food, and My Blood real drink." - John 6:55)
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