Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forumPope Francis: "Jesus is the bread of life"
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/08/02/pope_francis_jesus_is_the_bread_of_life/1162526He exhorts us not to work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life which the Son of Man will give us he said.
With these words Pope Francis continued He wants us to understand that beyond a physical hunger, man has a different kind of hunger we all have this hunger a more important kind of hunger that cannot be satisfied with ordinary food.
It is the hunger for life - the hunger for eternity - that only He can satisfy because He is the bread of life he said.
It is in these moments that you can see that despite the happy interfaithy talk, each religion still believes that it and it alone is unique and "true."
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)Or in Frankie The Wonder Pope's case Sour D'oh!!!
Fearless
(18,458 posts)mr blur
(7,753 posts)Who makes this tripe up?
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)onager
(9,356 posts)Minor variation on the old wheeze about "a God-shaped hole in our hearts."
Great marketing, though. Create a non-existent need, then sell it to the suckers. Guaranteed to work for chewing gum, cosmetics or Jesus.
It is the hunger for life - the hunger for eternity - that only He can satisfy because He is the bread of life he said.
Nice bait-and-switch there! Hunger for life refers to a real thing. Hunger for eternity refers to a fantasy.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Yeah.... but is he gluten free?
More poetry.... that cannot be explained what it means concretely.... even by the Pope.
Unless it just means: "You don't want to die, so the myth of an afterlife is easier to accept if there's a friendly, deathless guy to remind you of the fantasy."
But don't let Jesus into your heart. There's just not enough room and you will have cardiac problems.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Amazing how a food allergy can undermine a core tenant of a major religion.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)Catholic Communion and Celiac Disease: the Options
http://www.catholicceliacs.org/Options.html
And who would have thought that there was a Catholic Celiacs Organization.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)We don't want heretics distributing false Jesus wafers after all.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)Are you calling the nuns heretics now? The blasphemy in this group just never ends!!!
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Who tried to stand up to papal authority.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)to the body of Christ. That shit needs gluten, I'm telling you.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)with God, all things are possible. You are right, the church agrees with you that there must be gluten. ("Catholic Church states that Communion bread must be made of only wheat and water with "sufficient gluten to attain the confection of bread,"...)
But this is where it gets hinkey. "The host is made from gelatinized wheat starch. The hosts have been tested for the presence of gluten. According to the Sisters, they were tested to a level of 0.01% gluten."
You remember that old mustard seed quote, right? We aren't talking about the quantity needing to be significant. It don't require much to transmute.....just a molecule. (Yes, I think it says that in the Bible.)
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)I never was catholic, but the brittle wafers reminded me more of uncooked spaghetti than bread. OMG, FSM!
Tobin S.
(10,420 posts)Is the Pope talking about Twinkies?
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)... the peperoni pizza of life.
deucemagnet
(4,549 posts)I think I like my quote better.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)before Jesus, and the Neanderthals who co-existed with these humans? Not only were they alive before The Son of Man was born after the Sky God raped a virgin in Judea, they probably mostly ate paleo. I mean, what is fair about that?
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)The Earth is only 6000 years old, and anyone who says differently is a big fat liar.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)Well at least the light parts that didn't get charred!
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)That's pretty detailed.
salimbag
(173 posts)I love Alice Cooper.
Jokerman
(3,538 posts)Makes just as much sense to me.
RussBLib
(9,666 posts)once in a while I fall back on the easy and comfortable and have some toast
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip."
So the next sunday he took the monsignor's advice. at the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon return to his office after mass, he found the following note on his door:
- sip the vodka, don't gulp
- there are 10 commandments, not 12
- there are 12 disciples, not 10
- Jesus was consecrated, not constipated
- Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not beat his ass
- we do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.
- The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior, and Spook
- when Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, "take this and eat it, for it is my body", he did not say "eat me."
- the Virgin Mary is not referred to as the "mary with the cherry"
- the recommended grace before a meal is not: "rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub, yea God."
- next sunday there will be a taffy-pulling contest at St. Peter's, not a peter-pulling contest at St. Taffy's