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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 symbolize Jesus' flesh and blood. It is based on the words of Jesus (from the {{w|synoptic gospels}} and {{w|Paul the Apostle|Paul's}} {{w|first epistle to the Corinthians}}) during the {{w|Last Supper}}, today used by the priest as {{w|Words of Institution}}. According to the Roman Catholic doctrine of {{w|transubstantiation}}, as well as in the Eastern Christian tradition, bread and wine literally turn into Jesus' flesh and blood during the ceremony. Protestant denominations reject this doctrine, with some taking the words as wholly symbolic of Jesus' sacrificial death (Baptists, Mennonites, Anabaptists, Pentecostals, etc.) and others believing in the *real presence* of Christ in the bread and wine while not insisting that the bread and wine is changed in any physical way (Lutheran, Presbyterian, Anglican, Methodist, etc.). |
− | + | 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]] |