tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post5853381084122069666..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Much Ado About ReligionOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-44281295116163154922012-08-06T18:02:05.342-04:002012-08-06T18:02:05.342-04:00Coren seems to have appointed himself as a judge o...Coren seems to have appointed himself as a judge of the valid and the invalid, Anon.<br /><br />As a man of letters, he might remember John Milton's observation: "They also serve who only stand and wait."Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-73277009313779180402012-08-06T17:28:34.522-04:002012-08-06T17:28:34.522-04:00I doubt many Catholics would pass Coren's memb...I doubt many Catholics would pass Coren's membership test(s).<br />-mgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-2940263164904287922012-08-06T15:53:06.823-04:002012-08-06T15:53:06.823-04:00That's been the criticism for centuries, Mogs....That's been the criticism for centuries, Mogs. Actually it goes back to the Jewish tradition of sacrificing an animal, where the flesh of a goat or a lamb was consumed.<br /><br />It was an improvement on human sacrifice, where human beings were sacrificed to the gods. Animal sacrifice enters with the story of Abraham and Issac. Abraham, on God's insistence, replaces Issac with a goat.<br /><br />Transubtantiation takes that one step further -- where Christ becomes the "sacrificial lamb." Some people think that's mumbo jumbo. Some think it's a miracle.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-33837375327191312492012-08-06T12:36:35.394-04:002012-08-06T12:36:35.394-04:00It seems to me that we're getting a little far...It seems to me that we're getting a little far afield. The subject of Martin's column was the prime minister's faith -- and whether it influenced public policy.<br /><br />People have debated transubtantiation for a long time. I acknowledge the controversy that surrounds the doctrine. But, to my knowledge, that doctrine has not been enshrined in public policy.<br /><br />It seems to me that -- given the Conservative attitude toward science, Statistics Canada, and the environment -- we should debate the doctrines Mr. Harper claims to hold dear.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-62292242526978252292012-08-06T12:15:11.113-04:002012-08-06T12:15:11.113-04:00transubstantiation = the wafer literally becomes t...<i>transubstantiation</i> = the wafer literally becomes the body of Christ and the wine they drink is literally Christ's blood = <b>zombie vampires</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-32237936696425196432012-08-06T10:12:53.693-04:002012-08-06T10:12:53.693-04:00So then let me get this straight, the wafer litera...So then let me get this straight, the wafer literally becomes the body of Christ and the wine the priest drinks is literally Christ's blood?<br /><br />Well I got it then, my momma did not raise any stupid children, Catholics are cannibals and their priests are cannibals who also drink blood;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com