seen a bunch of people just hating on the Catholic church and even catholics for no logical reason at all

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    Cannibalism of zombie wizard. And before you dismiss it away as “strawman”, please carefully explain how transubstantiation during the Eucharist is not:

    1. magic
    2. cannibalism

    We can use whatever terms you like. But I will draw a hard line at consuming human flesh and calling it anything other than cannibalism. Either it literally happens and that is pretty fucking gross, or it doesn’t in which case the whole point is moot and crazy to think it does happen.

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      we are eating the body of Christ and drinking the blood of Christ. Not in the cannibalism way tho, and “magic”, say, is anything supernatural right? God cannot be comprehended by us, and nothing happens that is supernatural, but just out of our understanding of nature.

      and Jesus wasnt a wizard. He was and is the son of God

      Jesus Christ proclaimed at the last supper “this is my body, eat” because the crucifixion was nigh, and he was literally sacrificing himself for our sins so we may reap what we did not sow

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        Not in the cannibalism way tho

        Nonsense response. What is the definition of cannibalism? Here, let me provide a link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannibalism

        You have not explained why eating the flesh and blood of another human is not cannibalism.

        God cannot be comprehended by us, and nothing happens that is supernatural, but just out of our understanding of nature.

        So does the transubstantiation happen? Does that little cracker turn into some Jesus liver pate? Does that thimble sip of wine turn into O-neg blood? According to catholic.com (a reputable source, right?), it literally happens.

        and Jesus wasnt a wizard. He was and is the son of God

        He wasn’t a wizard? Someone who exercises supernatural powers? You know who else was the son of a god? Hercules. He wasn’t really a wizard tho, so plus one to Jesus, I guess.

        he was literally sacrificing himself for our sins so we may reap what we did not sow

        For an immortal godbeing to be inconvenienced for a weekend doesn’t seem like much of a sacrifice. Let’s assume it actually happened. The whole torture, crown of thorns, spikes in the hands/feet (nevermind that wouldn’t actually pin a human to an actual crucifix), it was what? A day or two all together? If this was nearly 2000 years ago, that’s like 730,000 days ago. So let’s say five days total: 2 of the dying, 3 of being dead in a tomb (long weekend). Five days out of 730,000. Is it really a sacrifice?