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milkriver70 t1_j4danpw wrote

Reply to comment by sevakmaheshr in I dated a hindu girl who would eat chicken or goat but not beef. She said it was a sacred animal. by KarmicComic12334

During a catholic mass, there is a ritual where all attendees take a sip of wine and eat a small, tasteless wafer, the wine is symbolic of the blood of Christ and the wafer is his flesh. The wafer is kinda cardboardy. Nothing weird here lol

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TommyBoy825 t1_j4dvqom wrote

The wine and wafer are not symbols. They are the blood and body of Christ. It is the miracle of transubstantiation.

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Yuukiko_ t1_j4dv4s9 wrote

soooo ritual cannibalism?

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milkriver70 t1_j4dvxbe wrote

Well, no. Nobody's actually eating anyone. It's just a tiny little cracker.

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HarEmiya t1_j4f6hco wrote

By Catholic doctrine, it is not symbolism. The Eucharist offering literally becomes his body and blood through Transubstantiation.

So yes, cannibalism in their eyes.

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milkriver70 t1_j4hg7v1 wrote

By catholic doctrine? Well, by my doctrine, it's utter bollocks. You're saying that wafers magically turn into holy human meat once eaten. Yeah, nah.

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HarEmiya t1_j4hr8zp wrote

Sorry not just doctrine, it is catholic dogma. Established as doctrine by the Fourth Council of the Lateran in 1215, and in 1551 the Council of Trent declared it dogma. It is essential to the faith, but you don't have to be a catholic.

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milkriver70 t1_j4i5tc5 wrote

I'm not sure why you're telling me any of this? I'm not in the slightest bit interested.

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HarEmiya t1_j4k1amo wrote

I'm just explaining that, to catholics, yes it is cannibalism.

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