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To: Lurker
Pretty much. I'm uncomfortable participating in ritualized cannibalism in any form. Therefore I don't.

That's good, since cannibalism is not. Now that it seems like I'm dealing with a non-Christian since you don't appear to take the Lord's instructions to heart, I can proceed with an answer.

It is not cannibalism. To help you understand, you'll need to do a historical word study on "accident", and "substance" as used in philosophy. The substance we believe to be His living glorified body, soul, and divinity. Communion is not partaking of a dead piece of meat.

149 posted on 07/13/2012 4:15:25 PM PDT by Titanites
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To: Titanites

Dude, there are people who believe that since a priest mumbles some words over a cracker and a sip of wine they actually become the flesh and blood of a dead man.

If they believe that’s what they’re consuming, it’s cannibalism. No amount of philosophical rambling will ever change that.


150 posted on 07/13/2012 5:54:55 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is, it is the only answer.)
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