i have been thinking about this since Easter. Easter is another pagan holiday taken over by Christianity (look up Easter - you should find a pagan goddess). Is there such a thing as a Christian holiday that has not been superimposed over the top of a "pagan" one?
It is possible that differing sects within the religion have differing practices. i know when i had to suffer through going to church they had this. What i was wondering has to do with a somewhat disturbing phenomenon in this particular religion. i am of course referring to the sacrament/communion/etc.
Personally, i find nothing symbolically great about eating the body of Christ (the same could be said about drinking his blood). The symbolism is creepy. Sure, human flesh may be tasty (i have no intention of trying it anytime soon). Is there no better way to remember (the purported) religious figure than eating him and drinking his blood? If you applied it to a real person (say a deceased father), how crazy would people think you were? Couldn't they have come up with something better in 2,000 years than eating representations of human flesh or blood? It is kind of creepy if you think about it. How i miss the days of ritualistic human sacrifice in the name of a god who may or may not exist.
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