Hawaii history and cannibalism

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Ditto, Tom. But Catholic doctrine insists that we really are literally eating the body of Christ. Theologians have been bickering about this for about a thousand years, including what portions of the body are present, or whether the entire body is in each wafer (sort of a Mini-Me Christ on a Cracker), how it is possible for Christ's body to be in so many places at once, etc. As a child with access to the "backstage" of our church, I boldly sampled unconsecrated Eucharist and found that it tasted exactly the same as what we were served at communion, much to my great relief. Having concluded that this doctrine was (probably) nonsense, I was able to receive the receive the Eucharist with relative peace of mind (No chewing, though! That's just wrong!). Thus began my long Fall from Grace. I'm not sure how devout Catholics handle this... either the Church is mistaken, or you are a cannibal. Take your pick.