Yes. But motivation is what counts when it comes to religious/spiritual matters. But thats,

i've found that every single thing in Catholism for example is strictly symbolic and not literal.

its symbolic.

That's what hubby calls it- ritual cannabalism.

No I don't..not at all. I think it is simply symbolic..nothing more, nothing less. :)

It is symbolic. Nothing more than that.

Cannibalism is humans eating the flesh of other humans. In the Eucharist, Catholics eat the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ, God the Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Humans eating God at God's command is not cannibalism. It also does not injure God in any way. At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Take this bread. It is my body.” Then he said, “Take this and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.” Catholics believe this was the First Eucharist, that through a miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Catholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where God, acting through the priest, changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. This is a great sacrament of thanksgiving and unity of Catholics. By the way, the Orthodox, Lutheran and many Anglican Churches also believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1322 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt1art3.htm With love in Christ.

You already have ImaCatholic2's very informative answer. To add to it, This is the Eucharist or "communion". Christ new he was going to perish on the cross. This was a symbolic union with his closest friends. He wanted to give himself to each of them. He wanted each of them to carry on his work and to never feel they were without him. This is the Eucharist or "communion". Lots of other Christian denominations take communion - Protestants, Baptists, Mormons, Methodist, Lutherans, and many, many more. The act of "breaking bread" is still a symbolic union between friends to this day. And the word Eucharist is tied to the word meaning "thanksgiving"." So, if someone wants to be anti-Catholic and actually support the theory that this is "cannibalsim", let them be foolish enough to ignore the bigger picture.

I think it falls under the catagory of ritualistic cannabalism because Jesus said in Bible: Here is my body eat it, here is my blood drink it...Christ never said drink and eat this wine and bread and he never said that the wine and bread is symbolic in meaning. There is actually a website on the internet with pictures where people practice holy communion and the wine turns into blood and the bread into flesh. Found at the site: http://www.visionsofjesuschrist.com/weeping262.htm Read the passage: John 6:51-56 51: I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 52: The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53: Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54: Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55: For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56: He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. This clearly shows that the meaning is literal. Why else whould the Jews ask "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" (verse 52). And acording to God's law found in Leviticus. God clearly states that the consumption of blood is strickly forbidden (17:11: For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 17:12: Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.) Why would he then ask them to partake in such a ritual? God never contridics Himself.

I think it's a very cannabalistic practise, and rather quite gross, when i was a catholic, I liked it only because I was a 13 yo getting wine.