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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic plays on the Christian | + | This comic plays on the Christian tradition that the {{w|Eucharist|Holy Communion}} bread and wine are Jesus' flesh and blood (see John 6:53-56 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-25, though Christian traditions differ on the details of what this means). In the second panel, [[Danish]] accurately describes what would happen at a traditional Christian Christmas service, though in such a way as to make it sound macabre. |
− | + | The title text further spoofs the doctrine of {{w|transubstantiation}} and elaborates on [[Danish]]'s concern in the last panel by supposing that the act of taking a sip of wine during {{w|Eucharist|Holy Communion}} turns that wine into the blood, not of Jesus, but of a decades-old murder victim. | |
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− | The title text further spoofs | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and Danish are taking a stroll | + | :[Cueball and Danish are taking a stroll] |
:Cueball: How was Christmas? Did you go to church? | :Cueball: How was Christmas? Did you go to church? | ||
:Danish: Yup. We celebrated the birth of a child, then we ate of his flesh and blood. | :Danish: Yup. We celebrated the birth of a child, then we ate of his flesh and blood. | ||
− | :[Silence from Cueball | + | :[Silence from Cueball] |
:Danish: ''Seriously'' hope we got the right child this time. | :Danish: ''Seriously'' hope we got the right child this time. | ||
− | {{comic discussion}} | + | {{comic discussion}} |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Danish]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Danish]] | ||
[[Category:Religion]] | [[Category:Religion]] |