XPost: alt.horror.cthulhu   
   From: gsimmons10@excite.com   
      
   So did anybody ferret away any of this Jesus jerky when they had the chance,   
   or is it really and truly all gone?   
      
   -- Greg   
      
   All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.   
   Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as   
   being self-evident.   
                                                   - Arthur Schopenhauer   
      
   "Al Smith"  wrote in message   
   news:QJ%0d.126821$Np3.5424036@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...   
   > > Because the remains of Jesus suddenly were gone and my theory is that   
   > > Cthulhu feasted on the flesh of Jesus.   
   > >   
   > > It's probably true...   
   >   
   > I figured out the answer to this puzzle also (along with the   
   > necktie puzzle -- I'm just a mother of invention lately).   
   >   
   > Jesus was eaten by the disciples. No, I'm serious. Think about it.   
   > The whole heart of Christianity is based on the premise that   
   > followers of Christ eat his body.   
   >   
   > Just before Jesus was arrested, he gave secret instructions to his   
   > disciples, teachings that are not revealed in the gospels. What   
   > were they? He instructed them to eat his flesh after he was killed.   
   >   
   > After his death, his body mysteriously disappeared from its tomb.   
   > Yet it was said to have reappeared, animated with renewed life,   
   > before the gathered disciples. This is a mythic way of saying that   
   > the disciples consumed the flesh of Jesus, and thereby reanimated   
   > him within themselves, becoming one with Jesus, and so able to   
   > carry on his divine mission. Jesus was reborn and lived within his   
   > disciples because they ate him.   
   >   
   > For centuries the Romans detested Christians more than any other   
   > religion. Why? Because they accused Christians of unspeakably vile   
   > practices, among them the consumption of human flesh. Were the   
   > Romans so incredibly stupid that they couldn't distinguish fables   
   > from reality? I don't think so. I believe the Romans accused   
   > Christians of eating human flesh because the leaders of the Church   
   > kept the dried remains of Jesus, and added small amounts of his   
   > flesh to their communion meals, in order to empower them.   
   >   
   > Only after the body of Jesus was wholly consumed -- which may or   
   > may not have happened within the lives of the disciples -- did the   
   > mass become completely symbolic. The Church was forced to move to   
   > a symbolic eating of Christ's flesh after all of Christ's actual   
   > flesh had been consumed.   
   >   
   > No, don't thank me for this information. I consider it a public   
   > service to clear up these little mysteries of history.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)