In a post the other day, Rhiannon mentioned that she thought it would not be a good thing to ridicule the eucharist. This reminded me of a topic elsewhere which was on the subject of at what age should children take communion. Well, apart from quietly exploding at the whole idea of children being initiated into a symbolic form of cannibalism, I did not join that discussion as I would not have been able to refrain from pointing out that such an idea is not one that has been thought through, let alone critically thought through.
Rather belies your belief that you do not believe in a god.
Why explode at all if it has no reality to it?
Cannibalism.... Symbolic or otherwise could not be further from the truth.
I believe if you actually did not believe in God or the truth about the sacrifice of Christ then there would be no emotions at all.
Were you raised with faith? Did you ever take communion? But which would be worse. Telling a child about Jesus and taking communion or sharing your disbelief and them going to where unbelievers not saved could go after death.
I think the latter does far more harm if true. But if you do not believe why pretend one can harm and the other cannot?
This ritual no doubt has some deep meaning for some people, although how the idea that one has to simulate eating the flesh and blood of a 2,000-year-dead person beggars belief --- and when I was young I was a communicant in the CofE – well, the mind boggles! I give myself the credit for questioning the ritual at the time, but did not know enough to counter the things I was told about how serious it was.
Do you eat your steak well done or medium rare etc. Has it done you any harm?
If you believe all flesh is the same that we are all animals then doesn't that mean you are committing Cannabilism by eating animal flesh at all?
You see how unreal and unconnected your beliefs really are. How double standards appear in your thinking.
If humans are the same as animals in that they are animals too. ( Which I do not believe) Then you like all meat eater have committed cannabilism .
If one thinks things through, it is hard to imagine how adults can suspend their disbelief sufficiently, so how in any way can it be correct to tell children and young people that it is the body and blood of Christ They are ingesting? Does this ritual inculcate a sense of servility and inferiority that will reduce self-esteem?
I would be interested in your views here.
Does the above apply to you or any atheist when eating animal flesh?
Is it correct to feed meat to our children if we allow those thoughts that we are all animals?
You are not really interested in views. You were hoping to somehow make it about something human in origin like your own beliefs.
But when tested you do far worse if your beliefs are correct. You actually commit cannibalism by eating animal flesh when calling all humans animals. Would be best you left things like communion alone as it is not about cannibalism it is about the sacrifice of human flesh for human flesh.
We do not eat the flesh or drink blood. It is a mystical thing about life coming from the sacrifice of Christ and deliverance.
Now I believe the matter is settled.
