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To: Sirius Lee
If you don't believe in the former, why bother even showing up? I watch Protestants eat their symbolic wafers once a year from my pipe ensconced skybox and think "Well there's some empty carbs for you."

Once a year huh? We have communion every worship service. And our services are not memorized responses.
14 posted on 01/02/2017 6:22:16 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Old Yeller
We have communion every worship service.

If you're Protestant then you're not eating the Body of Christ, you're just eating some empty carbs in what is simply a memorized act.

And our services are not memorized responses.

From my perspective as a practicing Roman Catholic and as a musician for a couple of Protestant churches I'd say that at any given service amongst the various denominations there is a mix of people who are simply uttering or reading responses without thinking about the words at all, and others for whom the words are thoughtful and heartfelt.

Eucharist, or empty-carb-munching; you have the freedom and choice to partake of either.

You guys generally have better music (you're welcome) though, I'll give that.

23 posted on 01/02/2017 7:25:12 AM PST by Sirius Lee (If Trump loses, America dies)
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