Do Christians Believe the Flesh of Jesus Thing in Communion





There is a little dispute going on about what Christians, in this case Catholics, believe takes place in the wine and wafer Communion. I don't know a lot about these beliefs, never paid much attention when I took Communion, but as I understand it the wine or juice and pastry are supposed to, magically, have been transformed into the flesh of Jesus.

Pollsters have been asking Catholics if they believe this tale of the wine and wafer being the flesh of Jesus. They get different responses depending on certain words they use in the question.

For example, if you ask people if the wine and wafer "symbolically" represent Jesus you might get one answer. Some may interchange easily the words "symbolically" and "actually."

Recently near the City of Pompeii a box was unearthed from the site of a long ago volcanic eruption. The eruption happened around 50 CE. The box contained dozens of tiny items, skulls, trinkets, necklaces, etc., that analysts believe were religious symbols. One can envision people in ancient times believing certain objects were something different than what they appeared to by non believers.

Communion is no different than the box of Pagan items. It is a bizarre ritual that people use to escape into some other world of the mind.

Atheist Professor PZ Myers made the news a few years ago when he stabbed a wafer purchased from a business that sells stuff to Catholic churches. Endless people accused him of stabbing Jesus.

Gangsters exchange each others' blood. Blood is in all religions I have heard. How or why some people receive emotional benefit from this strange ritual is a mystery to me.

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