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   From: jgaylord1@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 3/17/2018 6:50 PM, Checkmate wrote:   
   > Warning! Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when reading posts by   
   > Checkmate!  In article <6opqadpjh39143sv0q97iqvvgav8mkvhoi@4ax.com>,   
   > greghall@yacht_maester.fake says...   
   >   
   >   
   >>   
   >> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, Checkmate  blathered...   
   >>> In article , gre   
   hall@yacht_maester.fake says...   
   >>>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, Skeeter  knuckled-dragged   
   thusly...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> is like calling someone who takes communion an alcoholic.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Boy, are you ever clueless. Taking communion nowadays   
   >>>> consists only of consuming the *host* which is a little   
   >>>> wafer of unleavened bread. Perhaps on Easter Sunday   
   >>>> in some Catholic churches a jigger of watered-down   
   >>>> wine is also offered.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Surely, consuming such a miniscule amount of alcohol   
   >>>> per annum in a house of worship cannot seriously be   
   >>>> compared to rolling and smoking numerous fat doobies   
   >>>> per diem in a trailer park trash, single-wide house of   
   >>>> filth, you big Dope Head!   
   >>>   
   >>> That whole communion thing is just part of the dog and pony show.   
   >>> Humans are easily manipulated by the simplest of things.  Ceremonies,   
   >>> medals, ribbons... it's a tried and true method of assigning some   
   >>> valueless trinket or ritual to an ideology, and using that to control   
   >>> the way people think and behave.  Did you feel "cleansed" of all your   
   >>> sins when you ate the magic cracker?   
   >>   
   >> You atheists seem proud of your abject ignorance which   
   >> you unabashedly espouse thus presenting yourselves as   
   >> boorish, crass and decrepit.   
   >>   
   >> FYI, the tools of Holy Communion are the host and wine.   
   >> The host symbolizes the body of Christ while the wine   
   >> symbolizes the blood of Christ. Ingesting the two is   
   >> symbolic of accepting and embracing the fact that Jesus   
   >> Christ sacrificed his body and blood so that humans may   
   >> have their sins forgiven.   
   >>   
   >> I fail to see why atheists readily accept symbolism of all   
   >> sorts elsewhere yet balk when symbolism is used as a religious   
   >> tool. It's illogical and it demonstrates confusion and lack of   
   >> consistency. It's yet another display of atheistic ignorance   
   >> and hypocrisy, the root cause of which is arrogance and pride.   
   >> These are prominent among the sinful human behaviors for   
   >> which Christ died on the cross so that they may be forgiven.   
   >>   
   >> One would think a little appreciation is in order. But, NOOOO!   
   >> Some would rather engage in Satanic behavior.   
   >   
   > We all pick and choose the symbols that comfort us, but we need to   
   > recognize them for what they are:  Tools of manipulation that are used   
   > to instill a sense of legitimacy beyond what logical scrutiny affords.   
   >   
   > Caveat emptor...   
   >   
      
   Some of the most annoying evangelists I have known have been atheists.   
   I don't understand why atheists have such a need to try to convert   
   people who aren't trying to convert them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)