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Stephen T-B · 03-04-2003, 03:44 AM

"...and give us this day our daily bread."

If god gives us our daily bread, what does the baker do?
(And why do I have to pay for it?)

Olly Winkles · 03-04-2003, 04:14 AM

It's a metaphore innit? Like, bread means cash. So it means "...give us this day, lots of cash" so that you can get rich and then get yourself into heaven by giving your tithe or buying your Bulls.

Tom Sawyer · 03-04-2003, 07:23 AM

To quote Bart Simpson:

"Dear God, we paid for this food ourselves, so thank for nothing"

Paul2 · 03-04-2003, 07:26 AM

Along the same subject lines, my parents looked at me funny when i said one objection to christianity was the ritualistic canibalism during mass. The bread and wine becomes the flesh and blood of jesus and we eat it. Anyone else think that's a bit weird?

Godless Dave · 03-04-2003, 08:11 AM

"Drink of my blood and live forever."

Sounds more like vampirism than cannabilism.

HelenM · 03-04-2003, 08:31 AM

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Originally posted by Stephen T-B
"...and give us this day our daily bread."

If god gives us our daily bread, what does the baker do?

Bake it.

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(And why do I have to pay for it?)

To pay the baker for time and materials, of course!

Helen

christ-on-a-stick · 03-04-2003, 09:38 AM

Hmmmm... what about Christians who are on the Atkins diet???

Paul2,

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Along the same subject lines, my parents looked at me funny when i said one objection to christianity was the ritualistic canibalism during mass. The bread and wine becomes the flesh and blood of jesus and we eat it. Anyone else think that's a bit weird?

Yes, it's highly weird. Creepy too. Especially that whole Catholic thing of - what is it? Trans- something? That it actually becomes flesh and blood when eaten?

Sounds pretty culty and superstitious to me... and they say the pagans are freaky! I guess everybody's superstitions are weird - except yours.

I ate Pascal's Wafer · 03-04-2003, 10:13 AM

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Along the same subject lines, my parents looked at me funny when i said one objection to christianity was the ritualistic canibalism during mass. The bread and wine becomes the flesh and blood of jesus and we eat it. Anyone else think that's a bit weird?

Hehe. They stopped letting me ask questions in confirmation class because of something related to this. They were trying to get us to understand transsubstantiation, and I asked them why the bread still looked and tasted like bread if it was supposed to be flesh. They told me that it wasn't the molecules in the bread that changed, but rather the substance of the bread. I asked them what that substance might be and why nobody has noticed any before and after differences of the host. At that point they wouldn't let me talk.

I do think it's a bit creepy, though. The fact that they worship somebody who did this in the first place is weird enough. Add that to reproducing that ritual every week and it's just plain odd.

-Nick

8of9 · 03-04-2003, 07:08 PM

"Unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink of his blood, you shall not have life within you."

ewwww!

Is that where babies come from?

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03-04-2003, 04:14 AM	#2
Olly Winkles Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 9	It's a metaphore innit? Like, bread means cash. So it means "...give us this day, lots of cash" so that you can get rich and then get yourself into heaven by giving your tithe or buying your Bulls.

03-04-2003, 07:23 AM	#3
Tom Sawyer Talk Freethought Staff Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Toronto, eh Posts: 42,293	To quote Bart Simpson: "Dear God, we paid for this food ourselves, so thank for nothing"

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Paul2 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,088	Along the same subject lines, my parents looked at me funny when i said one objection to christianity was the ritualistic canibalism during mass. The bread and wine becomes the flesh and blood of jesus and we eat it. Anyone else think that's a bit weird?

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Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	"Drink of my blood and live forever." Sounds more like vampirism than cannabilism.

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8of9 Regular Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Merryland Posts: 254	"Unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink of his blood, you shall not have life within you." ewwww! Is that where babies come from?

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