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   > So did anybody ferret away any of this Jesus jerky when they had the chance,   
   > or is it really and truly all gone?   
   >   
   > -- Greg   
      
   An interesting question. It is the custom in the Catholic Church   
   to preserve the bones, skin, blood, and other body parts of the   
   saints. These quaint objects are known as relics. Where did this   
   custom originate? It was an imitation of the preservation of the   
   body of Jesus by the original disciples and their immediate followers.   
      
   The relics of saints are considered too precious and magical to   
   eat, nowadays, so maybe when Jesus was just a shadow of his former   
   self, the leaders of the early Church decided to preserve his   
   remaining remains, for their magical virtues, even though this   
   meant giving up the inclusion of powdered Christ in the Mass (the   
   secret, important Mass for the leaders, not the regular Mass for   
   the plebes of the Church -- I doubt the average Christian ever   
   tasted Jesus).   
      
   If this occurred, the remains of Jesus might have been preserved   
   for centuries, as the first relics of Christianity. It is even   
   possible that some of his body still exists, hidden away and   
   forgotten by the Church.   
      
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