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Jesus Christ: "This is my body." (toon) (Original Post) DetlefK Nov 2015 OP
Kind of looks like Ben Carson's Jesus. mountain grammy Nov 2015 #1
Based on the Ancient Greek Rite of Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Nitram Nov 2015 #2
Doctrine of the RCC is pretty clear on this. bvf Nov 2015 #3
Yabbut those Scientologists and their spaceships -- now that's wacky! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #4
Shudder-inducing, yes. bvf Nov 2015 #5
Crackers turning into Jesus meat AlbertCat Nov 2015 #6
Cannabalism? sakabatou Nov 2015 #9
Yep. bvf Nov 2015 #10
I love Sinfest sakabatou Nov 2015 #7
Me too! Lordquinton Nov 2015 #8

Nitram

(24,524 posts)
2. Based on the Ancient Greek Rite of Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 10:27 AM
Nov 2015

Basically the idea that "we are all one."

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
3. Doctrine of the RCC is pretty clear on this.
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 12:39 PM
Nov 2015

Yes, that's really flesh you're eating at communion. It's not a lame metaphor. You're supposed to believe that, literally.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
4. Yabbut those Scientologists and their spaceships -- now that's wacky!
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 01:39 PM
Nov 2015

Crackers turning into Jesus meat -- well, that's totally legit.

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
5. Shudder-inducing, yes.
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 03:33 PM
Nov 2015

Give me cannibalism over space travel any time.

Meant to mention to Detlef earlier:

Thanks! Really unsettling.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
6. Crackers turning into Jesus meat
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 06:18 PM
Nov 2015

Gawd....I hope it doesn't turn into his liver or pancreas. I hate organs! (My father was a surgeon, and he had a rule: "NO ORGANS AT THE TABLE." Never gagged on liver until high school!) What if it's holy prairie oysters!

 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
10. Yep.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 03:21 PM
Nov 2015

The church doesn't call it that, but it does in fact insist that you're dining on human flesh with every trip to the communion rail. The Vatican says so, in no uncertain terms.

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