The same church that re-enacts a human sacrifice at mass then eats the body and drinks the blood of the victim. Not symbolically, they believe it literally, it’s actual flesh and blood.

You leave Zombie Jesus out of this!!

Can any red thumbers explain why they red thumbed for pointing out a fact?

Dermot,
Yet if any other religion believed they were eating somebody as part of their beliefs the catholic church would be quick to call it a cult or devil worship.

Eating zombie Jesus is just wrong,

The whole thing is about a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree….and you’re taking issue with a tube of blood?

I red thumbed you Dermot because you are (probably deliberately) misinterpreting Catholic doctrine on the Eucharist. I’m sure you know it’s referred to as a bloodless sacrifice and there is no suggestion that Jesus suffers, bleeds or dies again during a mass. What Catholics actually believe is that Christ’s sacrifice is resubmitted to God in offer for the gift of mercy for the individuals who receive the Eucharist. The physical qualities of the bread and wine do not change only their ‘nature’

Can any red thumbers explain why they red thumbed for pointing out a fact?”

– No of course they cant – they are the ”silent minority ”- . They call stupidity -”faith ” – and as u say believe a wafer is the actual muscle and bones of Mr Jesus – if one can get ” people ” to believe that rubbish – all is possible – unfortunately.

Explain what you mean by the physical properties don’t change, only their nature?
Obviously they are just simple bread and wine to a non believer, what do you believe they are?

I can take this one Kevin…
Dermot you know when someone takes magic mushrooms and believe that say.. their friend has turned into say… an elephant? Well it’s kinda like that except in this case replace friend with bread, elephant with flesh and magic mushrooms with bewildered gullibility.

Declan, stop trying to be funny that same “piece” that you just wrote has been out for some time now, we’ve all seen it

And?

Dermot, Catholic doctrine refers to the substance of the Eucharist. By substance they mean the metaphysical reality of something beyond it’s physical properties. It’s a philosophical concept that I’m sure you can read more on

Mass, what a load of shite! Hehehehe, the body of Christ, what a load of shite! Every time an article is put up involving the Catholic Church, it starts a race to the bottom in the comments section. You’d think by now people would have grown tired of shooting fish in a barrel.

Ah Dermot Lane, a sad little man whose only joy is making fun of others.

Ross where do I make fun of anyone here? Made some comments, asked some questions. I can see others poking fun, but I didn’t.

In fairness I was pulling the p*** a little, Dermot is asking genuine questions… that no one seems to be able to answer.

Your explanation still makes followers of Catholicism a bit crazy. Thanks for clearing it up though!

The use of the word sacrifice is a bit of a misnomer. The character christ didn’t actually die in the true sense . if anything he cheated death , so not much of a sacrifice really. Especially when your Daddy can bring you back to life. Now if he had been crushed to oblivion and ceased to ever exist again in any form of realm , then that would be a sacrifice. But of course if he truly died and was never risen you wouldn’t have your religion now would you . All seems like a bit of an elaborate con trick to me.

Children in this country have suffered a million fold more by the hands of the RCC than the character Christ ever suffered ! JP II played no small role in the cover up of some of that suffering . I wish we could bring him back to stand trial . A thousand deaths wouldn’t be enough for those protectors and facilitators of child rape.

So, Ross the silence is deafening. And telling. Unable to debate, you resort to slander.

Sure look at the history of Catholicism,and the Popes started wars killed thousands in the name of “God” and in recent history all the pedo’s it protected? When you want to get married you have to do a course where the holy father tells you how to live with your wife to be? Ffs i believe in Santa more than that pile of dung….!