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Igel

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7. Would it mean you were eating an animal product?

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 11:05 AM

Jun 2016

Does Catholic doctrine consider humans to be animals? If not, then the wafer would be non-animal. If you define vegan as "only eating foods with their immediate source in vegetables," it's still not vegan. But if "vegan" means "no animal products," then, well, hey.

If it does consider humans to be animals, does Catholic doctrine license cannibalism? I mean, if there's a potluck and I bring human carne guisado, apart from any legal sanction that would inevitably follow unless it was suicide or of natural causes, would the priest say, "I condemn the eating of human flesh as a sin" or would he say, "Tasty, but it needs more salt"? (Does Catholic doctrine treat animals that die of natural causes as fit for human consumption?)

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The Catholic Vegan Dilemma: Can I Eat Communion Wafers? [View all] trotsky Jun 2016 OP

I bestow on all Vegans the right to take Communion without compromising their beliefs. Jerry442 Jun 2016 #1

Hey, are you wearing a funny hat? trotsky Jun 2016 #2

Ahem Jerry442 Jun 2016 #3

Antlers aren't a hat! trotsky Jun 2016 #5

I'd like to get vegan catholics skepticscott Jun 2016 #4

Physics to the rescue: trotsky Jun 2016 #6

Sad thing is, there are supposedly intelligent people skepticscott Jun 2016 #8

...when more sensible pursuits are available, too. Iggo Jun 2016 #12

Yes! trotsky Jun 2016 #13

My favorite is skepticscott Jun 2016 #14

And can the effect be neutralized by hanging a fishing line around the kitchen? trotsky Jun 2016 #15

Would it mean you were eating an animal product? Igel Jun 2016 #7

A helpful link: trotsky Jun 2016 #9

The link would be more helpful if you included the essential part. rug Jun 2016 #10

Yeah, that helps Major Nikon Jun 2016 #20

Ah, you may find this more to your taste. rug Jun 2016 #22

Nothing quite like unintentional humor Major Nikon Jun 2016 #24

Unless it's realizing who you're in bed with. rug Jun 2016 #27

It's your link Major Nikon Jun 2016 #28

The trite drivel you post about transubstantiation is a lot older than day old dog shit. rug Jun 2016 #29

Two day old dog shit is also a lot older than day old dog shit Major Nikon Jun 2016 #30

No, you posted "Yeah, that helps" with the obligatory smiley. rug Jun 2016 #31

I couldn't give a day old dog shit for your points either Major Nikon Jun 2016 #32

Oh, I think you give a hell of a lot more than dog shit. rug Jun 2016 #33

So now you know more about what I think than I do Major Nikon Jun 2016 #34

I can read you like a phone book. rug Jun 2016 #35

Easy enough to disprove Major Nikon Jun 2016 #36

QED rug Jun 2016 #37

Transubstantiation is a real bugaboo of yours, isn't it? rug Jun 2016 #11

Seems more like comedy gold Major Nikon Jun 2016 #21

If your taste runs to grotesquerie. rug Jun 2016 #23

Good point Major Nikon Jun 2016 #25

Rigidity seems to be yours. rug Jun 2016 #26

I imagine Catholics believe that Christ consents Mariana Jun 2016 #16

Has anyone asked him recently? trotsky Jun 2016 #17

I guess if he decided he didn't want to be eaten Mariana Jun 2016 #18

Quick! We need an expert theologian to confirm your theory! trotsky Jun 2016 #19

Catholics get a bad rap on this. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2016 #38

Growing up Lutheran (ELCA), I don't recall it being the same. trotsky Jun 2016 #39

Lutheran Eucharistic theology is typically consubstantiation. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2016 #40

This seems to bother atheists more than Catholics struggle4progress Jun 2016 #41

Why would they? They've found a way to rationalize the cognitive dissonance. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #42

Then he said to the crowd: Understand! What goes into a man�s mouth does not makes him vulgar struggle4progress Jun 2016 #43