Why Do Christians Think It’s Okay To Practice Cannibalism?

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I looked up the Biblical chapter in John 6 and found this diabolical revelation:

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. (John 6:53-55)

It’s hard not to notice because they participate in rituals where they the flesh and drink the blood of their savior in front of a statue of a bloody man nailed to a wooden cross.
 
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First, disclaimer, not a Christian but was raised in a household that was a niche off the beaten path flavor of Christianity. Second, I feel like you might be cherry picking verse to try and start angry arguments, but whatever, I'll respond in "good faith" that you actually want a discussion.

A lot of Christian religions don't participate in the eucharist/holy communion. Plenty of Christian religions do not use cross symbols with a bloody man nailed to it. A lot of religions and people flat out do not take the bible literally, because their life would be full of contradictions. It's not exactly common to follow every tenant written in the bible, which, y'know, was written by people. Then it got translated by tons of people over decades, so the original message behind the writing likely got lost.

I mean, you don't really see many people adhering to:

"You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you." - Leviticus 19:19

What about creating breeds of horses, sheep, goats, whatever? That's very much a thing, to get particular desirable traits. People wear outfits of various kinds of fabric.

Anyway, with the things you mention, it seems you're mostly talking about the Catholics and the Episcopalians. You're also taking about what is commonly assumed to be metaphor, which makes your whole thread title/premise fall apart.
 

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First, disclaimer, not a Christian but was raised in a household that was a niche off the beaten path flavor of Christianity. Second, I feel like you might be cherry picking verse to try and start angry arguments, but whatever, I'll respond in "good faith" that you actually want a discussion.

A lot of Christian religions don't participate in the eucharist/holy communion. Plenty of Christian religions do not use cross symbols with a bloody man nailed to it. A lot of religions and people flat out do not take the bible literally, because their life would be full of contradictions. It's not exactly common to follow every tenant written in the bible, which, y'know, was written by people. Then it got translated by tons of people over decades, so the original message behind the writing likely got lost.

I mean, you don't really see many people adhering to:

"You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you." - Leviticus 19:19

What about creating breeds of horses, sheep, goats, whatever? That's very much a thing, to get particular desirable traits. People wear outfits of various kinds of fabric.

Anyway, with the things you mention, it seems you're mostly talking about the Catholics and the Episcopalians. You're also taking about what is commonly assumed to be metaphor, which makes your whole thread title/premise fall apart.

To be fair, the Christian Bible and Catholic Bible are not that different. The verse mentioned above appears in all versions of the Bible. Here is another verse that appears in all versions of the Bible:

Leviticus 26:29

'Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

You’re not a real Christian if you don’t believe what’s in the Bible. Looks like it’s hard to shake the cannibal label. That is the reason Christians were persecuted by Nero. That’s the reason why they’re being persecuted now. They practice cannibalism. You cannot be a Christian without being a cannibal. It’s not a metaphor. Jesus told his apostles to consume his flesh and drink his blood. Whether it was a metaphor or not, it’s still cannibalism.
 

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They say the Devil can quote the scripture, for his own purposes; and I will throw in that a little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing in the wrong hands.

I would advise you to find a church or church body; and attend bible study classes. There you can get the proper translation / definitions, for the verses you are reading.
 

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To be fair, the Christian Bible and Catholic Bible are not that different. The verse mentioned above appears in all versions of the Bible. Here is another verse that appears in all versions of the Bible:
there is absolutely no difference in the catholic bible to any other bible... they all use the "christian bible".
The difference is the interpretation.
Leviticus 26:29

'Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

You’re not a real Christian if you don’t believe what’s in the Bible. Looks like it’s hard to shake the cannibal label. That is the reason Christians were persecuted by Nero. That’s the reason why they’re being persecuted now. They practice cannibalism. You cannot be a Christian without being a cannibal. It’s not a metaphor. Jesus told his apostles to consume his flesh and drink his blood. Whether it was a metaphor or not, it’s still cannibalism.
Yes you can be a Christianwithout following "the rules"... you are a christian if you believe in God and Jesus as his son. That's what makes you a Christian. Nothing more, nothing less.

Jesus talked about the faith, not the rules. He worked on sabbath and talked to people he "wasn't allowed" to. He broke rules on purpose, to make clear that not the rules count, but your faith only.

So, no matter what rule you break, as long as you believe, you will come to paradise.


Now about cannibalism.


You should read the whole text, not just a fraction of it.

At first you are talking about Jesus. If you read the whole part, you will notice that he refers to the bread as his body and the wine as his blood. He makes clear that he is talking about a metaphor.
What he describes is that they will meet again and celebrate his message. While they do so they will eat and drink... while talking, eating and drinking they will understand his message more and more. They ABSORBE his message, just like your body absorbs bread and wine.
It has nothing to do with cannibalism.



Later you are talking about God talking to the Jews.
Again it would help to read the whole text. At first God tells them what he will do for the Jews if they worship him and follow his rules. He will give them land, peace, wealth and make them strong to stand against every enemy.
If they don't worship him, he will take away everything from them. Enemies will attack them, they will lose their wealth and land. They will starve so much that they will feel forced to eat their own children.

So, this cannibalism isn't something they should do, but something they will do because god punishes them so much...
By the way. This God is the same God Jews, Christians and Muslims worship.
If you think one group should do cannibalism, you also argue every group should do it.
 
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there is absolutely no difference in the catholic bible to any other bible... they all use the "christian bible".
The difference is the interpretation.
Yes you can be a Christianwithout following "the rules"... you are a christian if you believe in God and Jesus as his son. That's what makes you a Christian. Nothing more, nothing less.

Jesus talked about the faith, not the rules. He worked on sabbath and talked to people he "wasn't allowed" to. He broke rules on purpose, to make clear that not the rules count, but your faith only.

So, no matter what rule you break, as long as you believe, you will come to paradise.


Now about cannibalism.


You should read the whole text, not just a fraction of it.

At first you are talking about Jesus. If you read the whole part, you will notice that he refers to the bread as his body and the wine as his blood. He makes clear that he is talking about a metaphor.
What he describes is that they will meet again and celebrate his message. While they do so they will eat and drink... while talking, eating and drinking they will understand his message more and more. They ABSORBE his message, just like your body absorbs bread and wine.
It has nothing to do with cannibalism.



Later you are talking about God talking to the Jews.
Again it would help to read the whole text. At first God tells them what he will do for the Jews if they worship him and follow his rules. He will give them land, peace, wealth and make them strong to stand against every enemy.
If they don't worship him, he will take away everything from them. Enemies will attack them, they will lose their wealth and land. They will starve so much that they will feel forced to eat their own children.

So, this cannibalism isn't something they should do, but something they will do because god punishes them so much...
By the way. This God is the same God Jews, Christians and Muslims worship.
If you think one group should do cannibalism, you also argue every group should do it.

Considering that there is a long and violent history among all those religions, I say the shoe fits. They are all like that. Just the other day, I went on reddit to the evangelical sub and asked the same question. You know what happened? They got so defensive that They threw the Catholics under the bus. Not only are they all cannibals, but they are all sellouts as well. They’re all worst than animals. They’re all worst than demons. They deserve to be persecuted for participating in such cannibalistic rituals, metaphor or not.
 

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No one is trolling. I really want to discuss this. People here seem to be really sensitive about it.

I'm a flaming atheist. From where I'm standing, you're just trolling. It's annoying.
 

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I looked up the Biblical chapter in John 6 and found this diabolical revelation:

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. (John 6:53-55)

It’s hard not to notice because they participate in rituals where they the flesh and drink the blood of their savior in front of a statue of a bloody man nailed to a wooden cross.

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It's a metaphor. He says to gather in groups, and eat consecrated unleavened bread, and drink consecrated wine in rememberance of him.

In the ritual in question, not all sects of Christianity hang a crucifix in the first place, and many do not even hang an empty cross. Communion can be given anywhere; it doesn't have to be a church in the first place. The only things that must be present are someone ordained to administer the rite of Holy Communion, and someone who has confessed their sins, been forgiven, and must now partake in the ritual of sharing unleaven and wine, and unleaven and wine that have already been ritually sanctified. Completing the ritual reconnects the spiritually clean to the Father from whom their unclean sins separated them. That is it. No literal flesh and blood.

"Son of Man" always means Hosanna (the Savior) or Emmanuel (God Among Us). Christians believe they serve a "Living God" who has eternal life and cannot perish. So, even if they do not understand the metaphor, they understand that consuming the literal flesh and blood of their Messiah would not hurt Him, and moreover was offerred to them as a gift. If it is impolite to refuse gifts from humans, how impolite would it be to reject a gift from God? Christians believe Jesus when he is quoted as saying he is "the Way, the Light, and the Truth" and that none shall connect with God the father except through Him as the Holy Intercessor. They have been commanded to partake in Communion, and so they do.

The Old Testament is interpreted through the hindsight filter of the Good News in the New Testament. The Old Testament says that theirs is a jealous God who demands they have no other gods but Him. Christians believe the New Testament commands them to eat the body and blood of God the Son. It would be a philosophical conflict to eat any other humans as there can be only one God the Son. And, again, they do not take this literally, for the most part. (There are relatively small sects of Christianity that take the Bible literally word for word.)

Jesus always taught lessons through parables. By their nature, parables are metaphors and allegories. They are not literal. The whole Bible does this. When it discusses the Rapture, it says the wheat shall be separated from the chaff. Heaven is not trying to make cereal in this story. It's believers and the unfaithful which shall be separated. Good. I look forward to the believers not preaching at me.

This explanation is for anyone who has never been a Christian and is genuinely curious about the Rite of Holy Communion. It is not for the OP who is an obvious troll.
 

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It's a metaphor. He says to gather in groups, and eat consecrated unleavened bread, and drink consecrated wine in rememberance of him.

In the ritual in question, not all sects of Christianity hang a crucifix in the first place, and many do not even hang an empty cross. Communion can be given anywhere; it doesn't have to be a church in the first place. The only things that must be present are someone ordained to administer the rite of Holy Communion, and someone who has confessed their sins, been forgiven, and must now partake in the ritual of sharing unleaven and wine, and unleaven and wine that have already been ritually sanctified. Completing the ritual reconnects the spiritually clean to the Father from whom their unclean sins separated them. That is it. No literal flesh and blood.

"Son of Man" always means Hosanna (the Savior) or Emmanuel (God Among Us). Christians believe they serve a "Living God" who has eternal life and cannot perish. So, even if they do not understand the metaphor, they understand that consuming the literal flesh and blood of their Messiah would not hurt Him, and moreover was offerred to them as a gift. If it is impolite to refuse gifts from humans, how impolite would it be to reject a gift from God? Christians believe Jesus when he is quoted as saying he is "the Way, the Light, and the Truth" and that none shall connect with God the father except through Him as the Holy Intercessor. They have been commanded to partake in Communion, and so they do.

The Old Testament is interpreted through the hindsight filter of the Good News in the New Testament. The Old Testament says that theirs is a jealous God who demands they have no other gods but Him. Christians believe the New Testament commands them to eat the body and blood of God the Son. It would be a philosophical conflict to eat any other humans as there can be only one God the Son. And, again, they do not take this literally, for the most part. (There are relatively small sects of Christianity that take the Bible literally word for word.)

Jesus always taught lessons through parables. By their nature, parables are metaphors and allegories. They are not literal. The whole Bible does this. When it discusses the Rapture, it says the wheat shall be separated from the chaff. Heaven is not trying to make cereal in this story. It's believers and the unfaithful which shall be separated. Good. I look forward to the believers not preaching at me.

This explanation is for anyone who has never been a Christian and is genuinely curious about the Rite of Holy Communion. It is not for the OP who is an obvious troll.


Deuteronomy 28:53-57 (also Lev 26:29)

Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities. The most gentle and sensitive woman among you - so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot - will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For she intends to eat them secretly during the siege and in the distress that your enemy will inflict on you in your cities.
 

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Because it is not literal. This coming from someone who uses the phrase “savior on a stick day.”
In public. Albeit quietly.

At my house, we celebrate the rise of Zombie Jesus. Now that my grandmother cannot be offended, we do not whisper this. I just joined a church group though. I might have to whisper it. Not sure they have a sense of humor like mine. I joined up because they have a rigorous schedule of community service and I want to go do charity with a bunch of insanely happy, positive, loving people. I gave them a loaf of banana bread and whipped butter, and you would think I donated a million dollars to their favorite charity. These people are cheerful as fuck. I'mma hang with them for a while.
 
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