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To: Bear_Slayer
CROCK ALERT!

Go ahead and post the link to the video. For "extra credit," do a little research, if you should you happen to come up with this video, and see if it wasn't from some kind of parody. The practice of having laypeople routinely distribute the Eucharist (which I'm generally opposed to, BTW, but that's besides the point) is extremely widewspread, and presupposes it's perfectly okay for the laity to touch the Host many, many times over. Moreover, the extraordinarily widespread practice of receiving Communion in the hand (which I'm also opposed to, but, again, that, too, doesn't matter) merely reinforces the fact that the Church doesn't hold to the "exclusivist" mentality you allege, and speaks volumes about the fraudulent purpose of this video, or, more likely, to its non-existence. Sorry, this whole business is a non-starter.

If you are any sort of Christian at all, you should be ashamed that, in defending what you perceive to be Christianity, you stoop so low as to besmirch something that is identified with Jesus Himself, even if you don't agree with us about the actual nature of the Eucharist. It still is known universally to at least reference Jesus, and twitching at the chance to use gutter references and implications, as you seem to do here, implies a great disrespect for Him on your part, since you are eager to associate Him, even indirectly, with the sordid and scandalous. Shame on you!

126 posted on 02/25/2008 12:49:13 PM PST by magisterium
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To: magisterium; Bear_Slayer

Nicely expressed, by why bother? I’m with Matthew on this case:

Matthew 7:6
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.”


157 posted on 02/25/2008 8:41:08 PM PST by Barnacle (Reagan Republicanism R.I.P.)
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