Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:16:13 -0400 Maru Dubshinki wrote: >on Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:20:49 +0100 William Goodall wrote:
>>On 27 Jun 2005, at 5:49 am, Warren Ockrassa wrote: >>> >>>Though there are correlates. Loosely, the Kama Sutra and the >>>Christian sacrament/communion can fall into those categories. One >>>is sex for the purpose of interaction with deity; the other is >>> ritual deicide/cannibalism. Eat the enemy to get his power; eat the >>> god to become immortal. >>> >>> >>I think the Christian sacrament is more like ca-nibble-ism because >>those wafers are really tiny :) >>It would be a whole lot more fun if they transubstantiated some nice >>BBQ... (How delicious, this thread is still running). William, I looked this up; and in order to be Kosher (sorry) the BBQ would have to be made of human flesh from a willing victim. (plus you'd have to get it approved by Rome) -- >You think far too small, my dear William. Just imagine all the time a >God-fearing Catholic could save if they got *themselves* >transubstaniated! Uh, I kinda thought this was purported to be the whole *point* of christianity. Dating back 1900&change years ago I believe. >~Maru >skip straight to the big finale, neh? As a R.C. myself, I really find this ritual deicide/cannabalism thing really appealing. It's so mammilian in it's character. Like breast feeding. Only a trancendant "god" is so transcendent that *It* can totally give *Itself* via obliteration to the nourishment of *It's* children and not even be bothered by it in the long run. In addition, we have the archetypical modus of human interaction (that of food sharing) elevated to the status of transcendence itself. very cool. It might be *only* a symbol but I believe it's a darn good one. Now Catholics also have ritual sex for the purposes of interacting with a diety. It is called "marriage". (references available upon request) Some feminists have decride marriage as ritualized prostitution and I would say ,........ they probably have a point. While the sex itself is not usually ritualized (except by the most *daring*:)) it's placement in society as an Institution makes it defacto ritualized. Or so it would seem. In addition, this ritualization does also seem to be a primary architype, much like food sharing behaviors. It crosses cultural boundaries and predates the christian eras. LeonardJMatusik [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A bad thing done for a good cause is still a bad thing. It's why so few people slap their political opponents. That, and because slapping looks so silly." - Randy Cohen. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
