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Re: definition: METAPHOR
Posted by pancho (Guest) - Wednesday, May 21 2008, 0:05:17 (CEST)
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>1: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly : figurative language — compare simile.

..from this definition we see clearly that there's nothing metaphorical in what Jesus said..he didn't say eat this bread "AS IF" it stood for my flesh...he said eat it because IT IS my flesh. He said you MUST eat my flesh etc.

..The church never said the bread "represents" the flesh of Jesus...in fact for centuries if a Christian said it was "symbollic" and not actual, he could be put to death...and tens of thousands of them were.

...Church doctrine stated that while a baker baked the wafers in an oven and a wine maker squeezed grapes to make sacremental wine...that while each of them had a part to play, it was the church's part to magically and miraculously transfrom the bread into the actual flesh of Jesus and the wine into his real blood...this is a fact no one can dispute...even if they disagree with the religion or don't believe it themselves...that doesn't change the fact that Jesus and his church believed this and TAUGHT it and ENFORCED it and do to this day.

...This can go a long way towards explaining why Christians have been the bloodiest people on earth...something else backed up by historical facts and not merely an opinion based on "hate for Christianity".

..can we seriously claim that no negative impact is made on young, developing minds to teach seven and nine and ten-year olds that the way, the best way, they must show religious faith and especially love for Jesus is by eating his flesh and drinking his blood? Even if we were to concede that this is all symbollism...what in god's name is this kind of symbollism???

...is it any less harmless or troubling to children to tell them to PRETEND that they are eating human flesh...and drinking human blood??? Is it?

..I can understand teaching that a flower is to represent a State...that a poppy is the "symbol" of California...but what if we were to teach that a hanged convict was the symbol of the State? Or a mangled corpse? Symbols and metaphors don't EXCUSE what they represent...or what they themselves are made of.

..to use the eating flesh "in place of"...what? For god's sake in the place of WHAT...love? What can such a criminal act and a disgusting act be used "in place of"? What else besides somehting equally as disgusting? How can cannibalism EVER be used as a synbol of LOVE?

And that's EXACTLY the problem with Christianity, this confounding of murder and human sacrifice and eating of flesh with "love" and "salvation" creates all kinds of violent conflicts within the minds of children, injecting horrific images and disturbing ideas and attitudes that can only do harm...and clearly HAVE caused incredible harsdhip for the rest of the people on earth.



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