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Old 07-08-2009, 06:04 PM   #38
Rerun
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Originally Posted by Lchoy View Post
Without doing any research on it, what's the reason for practitioners to eat the bread/the flesh of Jesus? To have him part a part of you?

Also I mean this in all good intentions. If the host is transformed into the flesh of Jesus, is it a specific part? Doesn't religion frown on cannibalism? or is it because it's reserved for worship of god and Jesus, so eating your neighbour would be blasphemy

Sorry, I think too much...
Its just a symbol. Catholics really don't believe that wine turns into the blood of Christ or the bread changes into his flesh.
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