RE: Mental gymnastics from the brain-eating religion
June 28, 2021 at 4:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2021 at 4:25 pm by Frank Apisa.)
The Catholics are saying that Jesus said that the bread was his body.; the wine his blood; and that he asked them to do it (have his body and blood) in remembrance of him.
Meh!
Sounds a bit cannibalistic to me now that I no longer am in the Church, but back when I was, it made sense to me. That is the way with "belief." When it gets hold of you, it feels as though it is steadying rather than binding you.
One of my fondest memories is the time I serve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. I was in service at the time...stationed in England and visiting Rome on a religious retreat.
Hell of a memory...even for a heathen agnostic type like me.
Meh!
Sounds a bit cannibalistic to me now that I no longer am in the Church, but back when I was, it made sense to me. That is the way with "belief." When it gets hold of you, it feels as though it is steadying rather than binding you.
(June 28, 2021 at 2:00 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: I agree that within Catholic traditions the distinction between sacred and mundane is much more scrupilously maintained. IMHO, it can off putting and excessive. As an outside admirer of the Church of Rome, I try to stay cognizant of the difference between its doctrines and the cultural baggage that has accumulated around those doctrines.
One of my fondest memories is the time I serve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. I was in service at the time...stationed in England and visiting Rome on a religious retreat.
Hell of a memory...even for a heathen agnostic type like me.
